Olive Blake's Good Work: A Novel

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Harper, 1864 - 176 pages
 

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Page 162 - ... shall be guilty of felony ; and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the seas for life, *or for any term not less than seven years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding four years : and, if a male, to be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped (if the Court shall so think fit,) in addition to such imprisonment...
Page 129 - As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Page 117 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Page 162 - By these decisions these rules are fully established : first, that if there be a total variation of a name or names, that is, if the banns are published in a name or names totally different from those which the parties, or one of them, ever used, or by which they were ever known, the marriage in pursuance of that publication is invalid ; and it is immaterial in such cases, whether the misdescription has arisen from accident or design, or whether such design be fraudulent or not.
Page 162 - Whosoever shall unlawfully destroy, deface, or injure, or cause or permit to be destroyed, defaced, or injured, any Register of Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, or Burials which now is or hereafter shall be by Law authorized or required to be kept in England or Ireland, or any Part of any such Register, or any certified Copy of any such Register, or any Part thereof...
Page 162 - ... any false entry of any matter relating to any baptism, marriage, or burial, — or shall forge or alter, or shall offer, utter, dispose of, or put off, knowing the same!
Page 157 - Merciful Lord, and heavenly Father, by whose gracious gift mankind is increased; We beseech thee, assist with thy blessing these two persons, that they may both be fruitful in procreation of children, and also live together so long in godly love and honesty, that they may see their children christianly and virtuously brought up, to thy praise and honour; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 162 - ... any entry of any matter relating to any baptism, marriage, or burial; or shall utter any writing as and for a copy of an entry in any such register of any matter relating to any baptism, marriage, or burial, knowing such writing to be false, forged, or altered; or...
Page 162 - ... writing as and for a copy of an entry in any such register of any matter relating to any baptism, marriage, or burial, knowing such writing to be false, forged, or altered ; or if any person shall utter any entry in any such register of any matter relating to any baptism, marriage, or burial, knowing such entry to be false, forged, or altered, or shall utter any copy of such entry, knowing such entry to be false, forged, or altered, or shall wilfully destroy, deface, or injure, or cause or permit...
Page 153 - I will arise and go to my Father, 'and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven, 'and before thee, and am no- more worthy to be called thy Son ;' and all that will be fulfilled in you, which is related of him.

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