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sir Richard Phillips. follow their kind advice , will be sure at last to suffer for their undutiful obstinacy , if they per- sist in their own way . HARRY THOUGHTLESS . dis - o - bey re - pent - ance sup - po - sed de - cli - ning un - a ...
sir Richard Phillips. follow their kind advice , will be sure at last to suffer for their undutiful obstinacy , if they per- sist in their own way . HARRY THOUGHTLESS . dis - o - bey re - pent - ance sup - po - sed de - cli - ning un - a ...
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... by the fishes , floating upon the surface of the water . It is impossible to describe the distress they suffered , upon beholding so shocking a sight ; but they called the servants , and he 54 BLAIR'S READING EXERCISES .
... by the fishes , floating upon the surface of the water . It is impossible to describe the distress they suffered , upon beholding so shocking a sight ; but they called the servants , and he 54 BLAIR'S READING EXERCISES .
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... suffered , and the distress she felt , when she reflected that it was owing to his disobedience that her son Hugh lost his life , greatly affected her health , and the doctor for several weeks fear- ed she never would get well . MY ...
... suffered , and the distress she felt , when she reflected that it was owing to his disobedience that her son Hugh lost his life , greatly affected her health , and the doctor for several weeks fear- ed she never would get well . MY ...
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... suffer itself to be pulled back . It is , however , frequently dis- lodged by digging , and sometimes hunted by a small sort of dog , bred to that kind of chace , which at once enters its burrow , and seizes upon it . THE LAW - SUIT ...
... suffer itself to be pulled back . It is , however , frequently dis- lodged by digging , and sometimes hunted by a small sort of dog , bred to that kind of chace , which at once enters its burrow , and seizes upon it . THE LAW - SUIT ...
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... suffered to break in and damage them . After five years jarring at law , judgment was given , and he who gained the cause found him- self obliged very soon to sell , not only the orchard , but great part of his farm , to pay the ...
... suffered to break in and damage them . After five years jarring at law , judgment was given , and he who gained the cause found him- self obliged very soon to sell , not only the orchard , but great part of his farm , to pay the ...
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Page 147 - Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him ; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me.
Page 77 - And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more ; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
Page 150 - And Joseph went up to bury his father : and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt...
Page 131 - And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Page 106 - The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand ; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper.
Page 130 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 79 - It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him. Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
Page 131 - And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored ; and, lo, it is even in my sack : and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
Page 146 - And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one ; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
Page 117 - Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: and there shall arise after them seven years of famine...