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Page 76
... that they are uncared for , yet " it is not right to have it thus set down . " - Ragged school indeed ! Which of all those four hundred tatterdemallions would enter your door , in spite of the temptation of 76 THE BOYS ' MEETING .
... that they are uncared for , yet " it is not right to have it thus set down . " - Ragged school indeed ! Which of all those four hundred tatterdemallions would enter your door , in spite of the temptation of 76 THE BOYS ' MEETING .
Page 77
... hundred crea- tures full of grimace , restlessness , trick , and temper , ready to fly to buffets , if but their neighbors touch them . A good man with fire in his eye and zeal in his heart , tells them a little of Him who made and ...
... hundred crea- tures full of grimace , restlessness , trick , and temper , ready to fly to buffets , if but their neighbors touch them . A good man with fire in his eye and zeal in his heart , tells them a little of Him who made and ...
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... each and all en- joying their prize , is quite delightful . The novelty of the plan led me to inquire very carefully as to its results , and the statement was , that if one in a hundred tired or failed to ADOPTED CHILDREN . 95.
... each and all en- joying their prize , is quite delightful . The novelty of the plan led me to inquire very carefully as to its results , and the statement was , that if one in a hundred tired or failed to ADOPTED CHILDREN . 95.
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Mary Grey Lundie Duncan. that if one in a hundred tired or failed to do by the adopted , as they would have done by their own , it was but one in the hundred . In the city of Boston we found two excellent sisters , who not being able to ...
Mary Grey Lundie Duncan. that if one in a hundred tired or failed to do by the adopted , as they would have done by their own , it was but one in the hundred . In the city of Boston we found two excellent sisters , who not being able to ...
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... hundred and twenty . That these suffice for the wants of so wide a dominion , or that they are all equally sound in principle , or suc- cessful in teaching , cannot be said ; yet the zeal and energy which has raised so many seminaries ...
... hundred and twenty . That these suffice for the wants of so wide a dominion , or that they are all equally sound in principle , or suc- cessful in teaching , cannot be said ; yet the zeal and energy which has raised so many seminaries ...
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