The Lady of the Manor: Being a Series of Conversations on the Subject of Confirmation : Intended for the Use of the Middle and Higher Rank of Young Females, Volume 5Towar, J. & D.M. Hogan, 1831 - Conduct of life |
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... wish for that which was not within his reach , he instantly condemned himself as having broken the injunction of Scripture , which saith , Let your conversation be without covetousness . ( Heb . xiii . 5. ) And not only did this pious ...
... wish for that which was not within his reach , he instantly condemned himself as having broken the injunction of Scripture , which saith , Let your conversation be without covetousness . ( Heb . xiii . 5. ) And not only did this pious ...
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... wish to terminate her days amidst that peaceful retirement in which she had passed her youth , and then to be buried by the remains of her parents . Mrs. Vaughen called on her as soon as she heard of her arrival , and found her in mean ...
... wish to terminate her days amidst that peaceful retirement in which she had passed her youth , and then to be buried by the remains of her parents . Mrs. Vaughen called on her as soon as she heard of her arrival , and found her in mean ...
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... wishes to outrun our cir- cumstances , and permit our desires to exceed the will of the Almighty . Henrietta saw , by her sister's extreme grief , that more was passing in her mind than she had at first 36 LADY OF THE MANOR .
... wishes to outrun our cir- cumstances , and permit our desires to exceed the will of the Almighty . Henrietta saw , by her sister's extreme grief , that more was passing in her mind than she had at first 36 LADY OF THE MANOR .
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... wish that the disagreeable tale might come through the medium of another . There was , however , one person present whose feelings were an exception to this general sentiment by which the rest were pervaded , namely , Mrs. Smith , who ...
... wish that the disagreeable tale might come through the medium of another . There was , however , one person present whose feelings were an exception to this general sentiment by which the rest were pervaded , namely , Mrs. Smith , who ...
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... wish he could have staid with us a lit- tle longer ! " About this period , an event took place which tended a little to divert the attention of the family from Theodore and Emmeline . - Captain John Vaughen , who had been absent during ...
... wish he could have staid with us a lit- tle longer ! " About this period , an event took place which tended a little to divert the attention of the family from Theodore and Emmeline . - Captain John Vaughen , who had been absent during ...
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