My Earnings ; Or, The Story of Ann Ellison's LifeKnight and Son, 1859 - 172 pages |
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Page 54
... Carmichael's at Chel- sea , it was , as I have said , with my mind quite made up to stop there a long , long time . I had not been there a week , when a letter came for me with the postage paid . It was directed in a handwriting I had ...
... Carmichael's at Chel- sea , it was , as I have said , with my mind quite made up to stop there a long , long time . I had not been there a week , when a letter came for me with the postage paid . It was directed in a handwriting I had ...
Page 57
... Carmichael's ; -the old Mrs. Carmichael- Mr. Edward's mother . There were a great many grown - up sons and daughters , but none left in the nursery ; master Onslow , who was the youngest , was turned twelve . For a few months all went ...
... Carmichael's ; -the old Mrs. Carmichael- Mr. Edward's mother . There were a great many grown - up sons and daughters , but none left in the nursery ; master Onslow , who was the youngest , was turned twelve . For a few months all went ...
Page 58
... with all that annoyed me . I succeeded too , or else I should not have stopped six years and a half at Mrs. Carmichael's . Nearly two of those years had just gone by , when I had another nice letter from my dear kind 58 MY EARNINGS .
... with all that annoyed me . I succeeded too , or else I should not have stopped six years and a half at Mrs. Carmichael's . Nearly two of those years had just gone by , when I had another nice letter from my dear kind 58 MY EARNINGS .
Page 67
... Carmichael's . I learned it in this way . Master kept all his private papers in his study ; he had a heap of letters in one place , and a pile of bills in another : here were scraps of paper with writing on them ; and there , books full ...
... Carmichael's . I learned it in this way . Master kept all his private papers in his study ; he had a heap of letters in one place , and a pile of bills in another : here were scraps of paper with writing on them ; and there , books full ...
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... Carmichael engaged me , it was on the understanding that I should do so ; and to every pound I laid by , she added a shilling , so making it a guinea . I was glad she did not think of keeping it for me ; for after what happened in my ...
... Carmichael engaged me , it was on the understanding that I should do so ; and to every pound I laid by , she added a shilling , so making it a guinea . I was glad she did not think of keeping it for me ; for after what happened in my ...
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Page 122 - But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me ; he shall be free.
Page 98 - And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD.
Page 42 - Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers ; but in singleness of heart, fearing God : and whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men ; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Page 40 - Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth : and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
Page 46 - And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
Page 21 - Mine, to chide me when I rove ; Mine, to show a Saviour's love ; Mine art thou to guide my feet, Mine, to judge, condemn, acquit.
Page 101 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Page 126 - Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to hearken than the fat of rams.
Page 112 - My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD ; neither be weary of his correction: For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Page 64 - He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much : and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.