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... so that their final addresses were limited to stories of obedient boys , good
morals and good manners , and not a word hinted of the Divine law , of the
gospel , and of the bright prospects which the gospel unfolds . The rewards
proposed to ...
... so that their final addresses were limited to stories of obedient boys , good
morals and good manners , and not a word hinted of the Divine law , of the
gospel , and of the bright prospects which the gospel unfolds . The rewards
proposed to ...
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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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The stanza or two here presented are only fragments :THE COMMON SCHOOL .
“ I ' ll sing the hours of sweet content , Of innocence and toys , When to the
Common School I went With other girls and boys . ' Tis a happy theme ; like a
golden ...
The stanza or two here presented are only fragments :THE COMMON SCHOOL .
“ I ' ll sing the hours of sweet content , Of innocence and toys , When to the
Common School I went With other girls and boys . ' Tis a happy theme ; like a
golden ...
Page 45
Let the name of Washington Be rung through all the land , boys , Oh , boldly take
your stand , boys ! Come , join us heart and hand , boys ; Remember Washington
. “ He bared his noble breast , boys , To give his country rest , boys , Because ...
Let the name of Washington Be rung through all the land , boys , Oh , boldly take
your stand , boys ! Come , join us heart and hand , boys ; Remember Washington
. “ He bared his noble breast , boys , To give his country rest , boys , Because ...
Page 57
... you not sacrificing the solemn to the picturesque , and diverting thought from
the judgment - throne and the world of glory , on behalf of the merely graceful and
beautiful ? ” . CHAPTER V . “ THE BOYS ' MEETING . ” SABBATH - SCHOOLS .
... you not sacrificing the solemn to the picturesque , and diverting thought from
the judgment - throne and the world of glory , on behalf of the merely graceful and
beautiful ? ” . CHAPTER V . “ THE BOYS ' MEETING . ” SABBATH - SCHOOLS .
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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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