Now and Then: Through a Glass, DarklyHarper, 1848 - 312 pages |
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... child , a son , called after himself , Adam , —being the fifth Adam Ayliffe , father and son , during as many generations . That fondly- desired object was now unattainable ; and father and son shortly afterwards experienced a bitter ...
... child , a son , called after himself , Adam , —being the fifth Adam Ayliffe , father and son , during as many generations . That fondly- desired object was now unattainable ; and father and son shortly afterwards experienced a bitter ...
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... children ; all of whom had died , except the youngest , a little girl , for whom it may easily be believed that they entertained an anxious love passing expression . After young Adam's troubles had come upon him , by way of occupying or ...
... children ; all of whom had died , except the youngest , a little girl , for whom it may easily be believed that they entertained an anxious love passing expression . After young Adam's troubles had come upon him , by way of occupying or ...
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... child had been christened . But alas ! the poor thing gave no promise of its father's comeliness or strength ; being , on the contrary , small and feeble from its birth , and likely to be reared with difficulty . This little heir to ...
... child had been christened . But alas ! the poor thing gave no promise of its father's comeliness or strength ; being , on the contrary , small and feeble from its birth , and likely to be reared with difficulty . This little heir to ...
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... child fell from the chair on which it had been hastily left , occasioning injuries the effects of which would remain through life . This last occurrence grievously dis- turbed the equanimity of even old Ayliffe , and drove the more ...
... child fell from the chair on which it had been hastily left , occasioning injuries the effects of which would remain through life . This last occurrence grievously dis- turbed the equanimity of even old Ayliffe , and drove the more ...
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... children , whom I as dearly loved as ever you loved this poor babe , been taken from me , after years of suffering ... child became infinitely dearer from this its mis- fortune - it was enshrined , as it were , in their very heart of ...
... children , whom I as dearly loved as ever you loved this poor babe , been taken from me , after years of suffering ... child became infinitely dearer from this its mis- fortune - it was enshrined , as it were , in their very heart of ...
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Page 388 - And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Page 451 - ... to cause law and justice, in mercy, to be executed in all his judgments ; to maintain the laws of " God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law...
Page 310 - For the Lord will not cast off for ever : but though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies. For He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
Page 24 - And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
Page 362 - And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your heart forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Page 24 - And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
Page 129 - Columbia, laborer, not having the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil...
Page 131 - ... truly try the issue joined between Our Sovereign Lord the King and the prisoner at the bar, and would a true verdict give according to the evidence, so help him God!