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... look upon it as a time of probation fitting them for sterner duties , and preparing them to fill earnestly , faithfully , and energetically that station in life to which it shall please God to call them . Let them remem- ber that youth ...
... look upon it as a time of probation fitting them for sterner duties , and preparing them to fill earnestly , faithfully , and energetically that station in life to which it shall please God to call them . Let them remem- ber that youth ...
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... looks as if it had been accomplished with a pin instead of a pen ; and the doubtful grammar ; and the spelling that is not entitled even to the benefit of a doubt ? Who has not heard those terrible h's , which are either pronounced so ...
... looks as if it had been accomplished with a pin instead of a pen ; and the doubtful grammar ; and the spelling that is not entitled even to the benefit of a doubt ? Who has not heard those terrible h's , which are either pronounced so ...
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... look at things in a cheery spirit , and it will in time become part of your disposition so to do . Try and think of the lesser annoyances of life as little as possible , and whenever you find your- self disposed to grumble about them ...
... look at things in a cheery spirit , and it will in time become part of your disposition so to do . Try and think of the lesser annoyances of life as little as possible , and whenever you find your- self disposed to grumble about them ...
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... Work I would have you look upon as a great and holy necessity - the fulfilment of a universal law ; pleasure as only a secondary consideration — a mere accident , as it were . If pleasures fall to your lot in life 48 WORDS IN SEASON .
... Work I would have you look upon as a great and holy necessity - the fulfilment of a universal law ; pleasure as only a secondary consideration — a mere accident , as it were . If pleasures fall to your lot in life 48 WORDS IN SEASON .
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... looks well to see a clergyman waltzing , " answered Felix ; " and I can't say that I like it for a clergyman's wife either . " " c I am not a clergyman's wife yet , " exclaimed Clara pertly , " and I am engaged five deep , " she added ...
... looks well to see a clergyman waltzing , " answered Felix ; " and I can't say that I like it for a clergyman's wife either . " " c I am not a clergyman's wife yet , " exclaimed Clara pertly , " and I am engaged five deep , " she added ...
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