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... wife , because they occasionally flogged me , for an example to their dear little son , who was not disposed to learn his lessons , but preferred robbing birds ' nests and throwing stones at the Ghospodeen's ducklings and chickens . The ...
... wife , because they occasionally flogged me , for an example to their dear little son , who was not disposed to learn his lessons , but preferred robbing birds ' nests and throwing stones at the Ghospodeen's ducklings and chickens . The ...
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... wife would give me a bit of bread and cheese , or a pot of milk , which I swal- lowed with tears , without understanding the cause either of the punishment or gratuity . This is all that I recollect of the first years of my child- hood ...
... wife would give me a bit of bread and cheese , or a pot of milk , which I swal- lowed with tears , without understanding the cause either of the punishment or gratuity . This is all that I recollect of the first years of my child- hood ...
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... wives and children ; be- sides their salary , they received rations of provisions for their own table or ordinary , were attended by the servants of the house , and kept their own horses at the squire's ex- pense . All the other free ...
... wives and children ; be- sides their salary , they received rations of provisions for their own table or ordinary , were attended by the servants of the house , and kept their own horses at the squire's ex- pense . All the other free ...
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... wife's debts , notwithstanding that it was with the greatest reluctance that he would discharge even his own . In other respects , Mrs. Gologordoffsky was a very good sort of a lady , although she did not at all meddle with the ma ...
... wife's debts , notwithstanding that it was with the greatest reluctance that he would discharge even his own . In other respects , Mrs. Gologordoffsky was a very good sort of a lady , although she did not at all meddle with the ma ...
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... wives of the agent and commissary , and withal father Ezueet , confirmed with one accord the opinion of Mrs. Go- logordoffsky , and this served as some consolation for her grief . If the tenth part of Mrs. Gologordoffsky said con ...
... wives of the agent and commissary , and withal father Ezueet , confirmed with one accord the opinion of Mrs. Go- logordoffsky , and this served as some consolation for her grief . If the tenth part of Mrs. Gologordoffsky said con ...
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Page 192 - But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest : for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.