My Earnings ; Or, The Story of Ann Ellison's LifeKnight and Son, 1859 - 172 pages |
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... soon as I have just said that I should be very sorry to step out of my place , or put myself forward in any way . But the fact is , I have had more advan- tages , in the long run , than some have . Not so great in my early life , but ...
... soon as I have just said that I should be very sorry to step out of my place , or put myself forward in any way . But the fact is , I have had more advan- tages , in the long run , than some have . Not so great in my early life , but ...
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... soon got work as a hackney - coachman . Having a large family of us to bring up , he could not stand a heavy rent ; so we had to put up with a couple of small rooms in a court at the back of Liquorpond Street . My mother went out ...
... soon got work as a hackney - coachman . Having a large family of us to bring up , he could not stand a heavy rent ; so we had to put up with a couple of small rooms in a court at the back of Liquorpond Street . My mother went out ...
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... soon as he was brisk again after a cup of tea , he took to teaching us our letters , and making us spell out our words . I must say , father did his best to bring us up well , as times went . He was wonderful for his high ideas of ...
... soon as he was brisk again after a cup of tea , he took to teaching us our letters , and making us spell out our words . I must say , father did his best to bring us up well , as times went . He was wonderful for his high ideas of ...
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... soon grow into a habit . The first slily- taken half - penny is the first step to many a man's ruin . I cannot now say exactly which house it was I went to : for I was but ten years old . It must have been in Bedford Street , I almost ...
... soon grow into a habit . The first slily- taken half - penny is the first step to many a man's ruin . I cannot now say exactly which house it was I went to : for I was but ten years old . It must have been in Bedford Street , I almost ...
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... soon disposed of . A farthing whistle for baby , a halfpenny tartlet for each of my two youngest brothers , and a penny picture- book for myself , ( which I got for three far- things , owing to its being a little soiled , ) soon ...
... soon disposed of . A farthing whistle for baby , a halfpenny tartlet for each of my two youngest brothers , and a penny picture- book for myself , ( which I got for three far- things , owing to its being a little soiled , ) soon ...
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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.