Memoirs of Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, K.C.B. |
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... morning , however , after breakfast , while Havelock was reading the Scriptures to her , in company with his sister Jane , she suddenly exclaimed , “ I am very ill , " and fell from her chair in a fit of apoplexy . After raising her up ...
... morning , however , after breakfast , while Havelock was reading the Scriptures to her , in company with his sister Jane , she suddenly exclaimed , “ I am very ill , " and fell from her chair in a fit of apoplexy . After raising her up ...
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... morning fixed for the wedding , he was sum- moned to attend a military court of enquiry in Fort William , which was to be held at noon . It was in vain that his friends urged on him that so important an event as his marriage would be ...
... morning fixed for the wedding , he was sum- moned to attend a military court of enquiry in Fort William , which was to be held at noon . It was in vain that his friends urged on him that so important an event as his marriage would be ...
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... morning and evening , in their chapel . There are also in the building small places for retirement for private devotion , to which many resort . There is also public worship on the sabbath before noon , and in the evening . I think the ...
... morning and evening , in their chapel . There are also in the building small places for retirement for private devotion , to which many resort . There is also public worship on the sabbath before noon , and in the evening . I think the ...
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... morning , the afflicting intelligence caught my eye of the death of your little girl . I hasten to offer my condolences ; what are they worth ? Positively nothing in the estimation of a father , since they cannot restore to him his ...
... morning , the afflicting intelligence caught my eye of the death of your little girl . I hasten to offer my condolences ; what are they worth ? Positively nothing in the estimation of a father , since they cannot restore to him his ...
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... morning . It was published by Col- burn in London in two duodecimo volumes . stillborn from the press . Parliament and the public were satisfied by the assurances of the ministry that the war was a just and necessary war . The laurels ...
... morning . It was published by Col- burn in London in two duodecimo volumes . stillborn from the press . Parliament and the public were satisfied by the assurances of the ministry that the war was a just and necessary war . The laurels ...
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Page 100 - God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea ; though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.