The Listener, Volume 1James Nisbet, 1830 - Education |
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... asked the question by those by whom the world is yet untried , who even in the spring time of their mirth , are used to hear the complaints of all around them , and well may wonder what they mean . We affect not to answer questions ...
... asked the question by those by whom the world is yet untried , who even in the spring time of their mirth , are used to hear the complaints of all around them , and well may wonder what they mean . We affect not to answer questions ...
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... nation to speak . Being asked how she did , she at first replied , " Very ill , " then hastily added , " ' My earcass is ill - but I am well , very well . " And then " 6 she laid her head upon a cold , с 3 THE LISTENER . 333.
... nation to speak . Being asked how she did , she at first replied , " Very ill , " then hastily added , " ' My earcass is ill - but I am well , very well . " And then " 6 she laid her head upon a cold , с 3 THE LISTENER . 333.
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... asked for it , and then in words as few and simple as might express her meaning , it was slowly and by reiterated ques- tions that we could draw from her a simple tale . Being asked if that was all the bed she had on which to sleep ...
... asked for it , and then in words as few and simple as might express her meaning , it was slowly and by reiterated ques- tions that we could draw from her a simple tale . Being asked if that was all the bed she had on which to sleep ...
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... asked for what she prayed . To this she always answered , " Oh ! to go , you know - to go - when he pleases - not till he pleases . " To express the facility she found in prayer , she once said , it seemed as if her prayers were all ...
... asked for what she prayed . To this she always answered , " Oh ! to go , you know - to go - when he pleases - not till he pleases . " To express the facility she found in prayer , she once said , it seemed as if her prayers were all ...
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... asked what it was like , she could not say , but that it was very bright , and that there were many sitting there . Being questioned who these were she said they were like men , but larger and more beautiful , and all dressed in ...
... asked what it was like , she could not say , but that it was very bright , and that there were many sitting there . Being questioned who these were she said they were like men , but larger and more beautiful , and all dressed in ...
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