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... writer willingly em- braces , while religious and social habits fall naturally within the range of her remark . The diversities between America and Great Britain are only sufficient to add the raciness of novelty to vi PREFACE .
... writer willingly em- braces , while religious and social habits fall naturally within the range of her remark . The diversities between America and Great Britain are only sufficient to add the raciness of novelty to vi PREFACE .
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... naturally there , and is there- fore piquant and charming . Heart flows out fear- lessly , and is therefore ardent . A nation so prosperous does not need , or conde- scend to wish for , adulation . It is far above flattery -but it ...
... naturally there , and is there- fore piquant and charming . Heart flows out fear- lessly , and is therefore ardent . A nation so prosperous does not need , or conde- scend to wish for , adulation . It is far above flattery -but it ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... natural guardians with the first shooting up of his own will and desires , how shall he , later in life , learn obedience to the Divine will ? One perceives a perplexity in the parent's mind sometimes , between a consciousness that he ...
... natural guardians with the first shooting up of his own will and desires , how shall he , later in life , learn obedience to the Divine will ? One perceives a perplexity in the parent's mind sometimes , between a consciousness that he ...
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... Natural quickness enables persons to discern methods of " getting along , " and to pass well in social life , who have lacked thorough training . Many a man finds himself in a position which forces him to guide or influence others , who ...
... Natural quickness enables persons to discern methods of " getting along , " and to pass well in social life , who have lacked thorough training . Many a man finds himself in a position which forces him to guide or influence others , who ...
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Page 118 - 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 79 - 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 147 - 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 318 - 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