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... and heart , attending the death - bed of an old domestic , who had been thirty years in her service " How do you find yourself , to - day , Mary ? " said the mistress , taking hold of her withered hand . " " Is that you , my 10 DEDICATION .
... and heart , attending the death - bed of an old domestic , who had been thirty years in her service " How do you find yourself , to - day , Mary ? " said the mistress , taking hold of her withered hand . " " Is that you , my 10 DEDICATION .
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Samuel Adams (servant.) withered hand . " " Is that you , my darling mistress ! " and a beam of joy overspread the old woman's face ; " O , yes , " she added , looking up , " it is you , my kind , my mannerly mistress ! " The poor old ...
Samuel Adams (servant.) withered hand . " " Is that you , my darling mistress ! " and a beam of joy overspread the old woman's face ; " O , yes , " she added , looking up , " it is you , my kind , my mannerly mistress ! " The poor old ...
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... hand , endeavour , at all times , to vindicate them from the open aspersions or latent insi . nuations of others . There is nothing more detestable than defamation . — Avoid it . " " The man who filches from me my good name , Robs me of ...
... hand , endeavour , at all times , to vindicate them from the open aspersions or latent insi . nuations of others . There is nothing more detestable than defamation . — Avoid it . " " The man who filches from me my good name , Robs me of ...
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... hands , " and , one shilling will appease the wants of nature as effectually as a pound . " Nor is it because you may for a time be able to indulge those vicious habits at the expense of others , that they are the less exceptionable ...
... hands , " and , one shilling will appease the wants of nature as effectually as a pound . " Nor is it because you may for a time be able to indulge those vicious habits at the expense of others , that they are the less exceptionable ...
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... hand , there is no disputing the fortitude of him who boldly contends with obstacles , and pur- sues his object till he has attained it . To men of such temper few things are impossible . It was an ingenious device that a man made use ...
... hand , there is no disputing the fortitude of him who boldly contends with obstacles , and pur- sues his object till he has attained it . To men of such temper few things are impossible . It was an ingenious device that a man made use ...
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Page 42 - RULES THAT CONCERN ALL SERVANTS IN GENERAL WHEN your Master or Lady call a Servant by Name, if that Servant be not in the Way, none of you are to answer, for then there will be no End of your Drudgery: And Masters themselves allow, that if a Servant comes when he is called, it is sufficient. When you have done a Fault, be always pert and insolent, and behave...