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It seems natural , and expected by the seniors . A bright little fellow , it may be
about nine years old , was asked in my hearing if he had been to Mr - this
morning . He said , “ No , he thought it better not to go until his return from school .
” I was a ...
It seems natural , and expected by the seniors . A bright little fellow , it may be
about nine years old , was asked in my hearing if he had been to Mr - this
morning . He said , “ No , he thought it better not to go until his return from school .
” I was a ...
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Why , it will break ! ” “ Well , papa , I just want to see how it goes when it breaks . ”
“ Well , Charles , if you must , you must , I suppose . ” The watch was thrown , and
, as was expected , flew into many pieces . Whether destructiveness was THE ...
Why , it will break ! ” “ Well , papa , I just want to see how it goes when it breaks . ”
“ Well , Charles , if you must , you must , I suppose . ” The watch was thrown , and
, as was expected , flew into many pieces . Whether destructiveness was THE ...
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expected , flew into many pieces . Whether destructiveness was very large in the
boy , or correctiveness very small in the parent , we leave each one to settle
according to their fancy . The more rapid the children are in the early unfoldings
of ...
expected , flew into many pieces . Whether destructiveness was very large in the
boy , or correctiveness very small in the parent , we leave each one to settle
according to their fancy . The more rapid the children are in the early unfoldings
of ...
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One expects genuine freedom to use great plainness of speech , and that , in
cases of this sort , the performance of duty demands it - a painful evidence that in
New York city , liberty is sliding gradually under an influence which domineers
over ...
One expects genuine freedom to use great plainness of speech , and that , in
cases of this sort , the performance of duty demands it - a painful evidence that in
New York city , liberty is sliding gradually under an influence which domineers
over ...
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One difference which met me everywhere was the mode of addressing pupils at
an examination , shewing what is expected of them . They are not treated as
machines upon whom the teachers are to act , as they unfortunately sometimes
are in ...
One difference which met me everywhere was the mode of addressing pupils at
an examination , shewing what is expected of them . They are not treated as
machines upon whom the teachers are to act , as they unfortunately sometimes
are in ...
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Page 116 - This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his trouble;" but this ought to be, and might be, the experience of every praying heart, were it not for lurking unbelief. In some of our Scottish prayer-meetings, I have felt a degree of distraction of purpose, and want of
Page 77 - orphans, in their Asylum at New York— " Uncle Sam * is rich enough To give us all a farm." The facility with which enough, and more than enough, is found to satisfy every hungry mouth on a farm, gives wonderful scope to the benevolent sentiment. Compassion needs but to well up at its
Page 145 - shining hair ; She is leaving the home of her childhood's mirth, She hath bid farewell to her father's hearth; Her place is now by another's side— Bring flowers for the locks of the fair young bride!" Then was wheeled in a table with the mighty cake, which is as much a " chieftain" at an American as at a British wedding. From it the groomsmen procured their
Page 316 - Thou shalt in anywise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him;" or, " That thou bear no sin for him." Let us turn from this desolate landscape, and gladly survey a new scene which begins to open
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| Title | America as I Found it America as I Found it, Mary Grey Lundie Duncan Collections speciales |
| Author | Mary Grey Lundie Duncan |
| Publisher | J. Nisbet and Company, 1852 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 5 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 380 pages |
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