Claudine; or, Humility the basis of all the virtues, by the author of 'Always happy'. (M.E.B.). |
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... francs . " -- " I have no right , brother , to ask how all this has hap- pened . " - " What have you not a right to ask ? and to what is it not my duty to reply ? Ques- tion fairly , and I will reply frankly ; my dear sister , this evil ...
... francs . " -- " I have no right , brother , to ask how all this has hap- pened . " - " What have you not a right to ask ? and to what is it not my duty to reply ? Ques- tion fairly , and I will reply frankly ; my dear sister , this evil ...
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... francs enveloped in paper . She had put them aside as a gift for an aged servant of her father's , who , feeble and poor , needed the aids of charity . Her tears now dropped on the packet designed for her venerable pensioner . " It 78 ...
... francs enveloped in paper . She had put them aside as a gift for an aged servant of her father's , who , feeble and poor , needed the aids of charity . Her tears now dropped on the packet designed for her venerable pensioner . " It 78 ...
Page 79
... francs to make a beginning : perhaps your own purse is not quite empty . " She spoke gaily , for she desired to cheer , not agitate Valence : she would rather share her joys than her sorrows with him ; she did not exclaim with a sigh ...
... francs to make a beginning : perhaps your own purse is not quite empty . " She spoke gaily , for she desired to cheer , not agitate Valence : she would rather share her joys than her sorrows with him ; she did not exclaim with a sigh ...
Page 80
... francs - from the accumulated treasure she counted fifty francs , and joyously exclaimed , " Ah ! we have already a quarter of our debts . " - “ Of our debts ! ” repeated Valence , touched to the heart by this expression of a tender and ...
... francs - from the accumulated treasure she counted fifty francs , and joyously exclaimed , " Ah ! we have already a quarter of our debts . " - “ Of our debts ! ” repeated Valence , touched to the heart by this expression of a tender and ...
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... francs to your creditors , and promise them a farther payment next quarter . " - " But my sister , these twenty francs , they are yours . " - " Pardon me , sir , they are now yours : when you are rich and I am poor , you shall repay me ...
... francs to your creditors , and promise them a farther payment next quarter . " - " But my sister , these twenty francs , they are yours . " - " Pardon me , sir , they are now yours : when you are rich and I am poor , you shall repay me ...
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Page 7 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 203 - WINTER EVENINGS AT COLLEGE : a Description of the Manners, Customs, Public Institutions, Religion, and Mysteries, &c. of the Ancient Greeks ; a short Account of the State of Modern Greece ; and Reflections on the Revolutions of Empires. By the Rev. B. TH COLE, Rector of Warbleton, Sussex, formerly Scholar of Trin. Coll. and late Fellow of Magd. Coll. Cambridge. With a frontispiece.