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Our earliest specimens of men from the other hemisphere were not merchants ,
but pastors exhausted by their labours , in pursuit of health and relaxation , and
students in pursuit of knowledge . And noble specimens they were of keen ...
Our earliest specimens of men from the other hemisphere were not merchants ,
but pastors exhausted by their labours , in pursuit of health and relaxation , and
students in pursuit of knowledge . And noble specimens they were of keen ...
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Their labour is not less , neither are their attainments and success inferior . I have
never admired calm authority and sensible dignity more than in the person of an
American female teacher , while she drew forth the attainments of fifty big boys ...
Their labour is not less , neither are their attainments and success inferior . I have
never admired calm authority and sensible dignity more than in the person of an
American female teacher , while she drew forth the attainments of fifty big boys ...
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It was delightful to observe hope sustaining the good men through their labour ,
and the love and energy with which they were borne forward I regret not having
thought of the story so as to write it in the graphic manner in which it was told .
It was delightful to observe hope sustaining the good men through their labour ,
and the love and energy with which they were borne forward I regret not having
thought of the story so as to write it in the graphic manner in which it was told .
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In this meeting we saw the encouraging results of a few months ' labour . In
another quarter of the city , a similar meeting , which had been convened for two
years , exhibited a much advanced condition . There were girls and female
teachers ...
In this meeting we saw the encouraging results of a few months ' labour . In
another quarter of the city , a similar meeting , which had been convened for two
years , exhibited a much advanced condition . There were girls and female
teachers ...
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teachers , and many a complacent eye ran over a row of little scholars fitted up for
the school by means of many hours of labour . It was Christmas day , so the
recitations were rather more of a discursive nature than on the Sabbath , but all of
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teachers , and many a complacent eye ran over a row of little scholars fitted up for
the school by means of many hours of labour . It was Christmas day , so the
recitations were rather more of a discursive nature than on the Sabbath , but all of
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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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