 | Charles Buck - Christian ethics - 1808 - 362 pages
...thing of your son John ?" " Oh, cruel woman !" said the father, with great grief, " how can you mention his name to me ? The first news I expect to hear of him, is, that he is hanged for a thief." She answered, " Many a profligate boy has become a virtuous man;" and endeavoured to comfort him, but in... | |
 | Charles Buck - Children - 1808 - 374 pages
...of your son John ?" " Oh, cruel woman !" said the father, M'ith great grief, " how can you mention his name to me ? The first news I expect to hear of him, is, that he is hanged for a thief." She answered, " Many a profligate boy has become a virtuous man ;" and endeavpured £q comfort him, but... | |
 | John Howie - Scotland - 1809 - 484 pages
...? to her he replied with gicat grief, 0 cruel woman, how can you name him to n,-e ! The first ne\vs I expect to hear of him is, that he is hanged for a thief. She answered, Many a profligate boy had become a virtuous man, and comforted him. He inwted upon his sad... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - 1810 - 556 pages
...thing of your son John ?' * OI cruel woman, (said f the father, with great grief) how can you mention his * name to' me ? The first news I expect to hear...of him - « is, that he is hanged for a thief.' She answered, « Many ' a profligate boy has become a virtuous man :' And endeavoured to comfort him, but... | |
 | Thomas Young (minister of Zion Chapel, Margate.) - 1818 - 420 pages
...while, she asked him whether ever he had heard any news of his son John? He replied with great grief, O how can you name his name to me! the first news I...hear of him is, that he is hanged. for a thief. She answered, many a profligate boy has become a virtuous man, and comforted him. He insisted on his sad... | |
 | 1824 - 768 pages
...any word of his son John? to her he replied, with great grief, O cruel woman, how can you name him to me ! The first news I expect to hear of him, is, that he is hanged for a thief. She answered, Many a profligate boy had become a virtuous man, and comforted him. He insisted upoft his... | |
 | John Howie - 1828 - 650 pages
...word of bis son John ? To this he replied, with great grief, " O cruel woman, how can you name him to me ! The first news I expect to hear of him, is, that he is hanged for a thief." She answered him, " Many a profligate boy has become a virtuous man," attemping to comfort him. He insisted... | |
 | Charles Buck - Anecdotes - 1831 - 418 pages
...thing of your son John ?" "Oh, cruel woman 1" said the father, with great grief, " how can you mention his name to me? The first news I expect to hear of him, is, that he is hanged for a thief." She answered, " Many a profligate boy has become a virtuous man ;" and endeavoured to comfort him, but... | |
 | Last words - 1835 - 604 pages
...any news of his sou John. To her he replied with great grief, О cruel woman, how can you name him to me ! The first news I expect to hear of him is, that he is hanged for a thief. She answered — many a profligate boy had become a virtuous man, and comforted him. He insisted upon his... | |
 | 1838 - 500 pages
...whether he had heard any news of his son John. " Oh!" said he, " how can you name his name to ine ! The first news I expect to hear of him, is, that he is hanged for a thief." She observed that many a profligate boy had become a virtuous man, and comforted him. He insisted on his... | |
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O cruel woman, how can you name his name to me ? the first news I expect to hear of him is, that he is hanged for a thief. 
