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... companion . - Assault and first imprisonment .-- Robbing the dead . — Apprenticed as a waterman . - Heartless robberies ... companions . - A social pest . - Becomes a soldier , and escapes . - A prize fight . - Imprisoned in Newgate for ...
... companion . - Assault and first imprisonment .-- Robbing the dead . — Apprenticed as a waterman . - Heartless robberies ... companions . - A social pest . - Becomes a soldier , and escapes . - A prize fight . - Imprisoned in Newgate for ...
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... companion of blacklegs CHAPTER XVI . · The thief - conjuror . - His poetry . - The reformed lad . - Tom the PAGE 243 shoeblack . 261 CHAPTER XVII . . 279 The confessions of a thief • CHAPTER XVIII . The Romish priest and " holy water ...
... companion of blacklegs CHAPTER XVI . · The thief - conjuror . - His poetry . - The reformed lad . - Tom the PAGE 243 shoeblack . 261 CHAPTER XVII . . 279 The confessions of a thief • CHAPTER XVIII . The Romish priest and " holy water ...
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... companions upon curds and whey and cake . For this he was chastised ; and while he was being punished , a neighbour expressed her satisfaction there- with . This aroused his ire , and , vowing vengeance against the woman , he resolved ...
... companions upon curds and whey and cake . For this he was chastised ; and while he was being punished , a neighbour expressed her satisfaction there- with . This aroused his ire , and , vowing vengeance against the woman , he resolved ...
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... spent in a few days , and shared with his evil asso- ciates . With the view to deliver his son from his bad companions , the father found work , and removed to Rotherhithe . Here Ned was sent to a Wesleyan Sunday- EDWARD WRIGHT . 7.
... spent in a few days , and shared with his evil asso- ciates . With the view to deliver his son from his bad companions , the father found work , and removed to Rotherhithe . Here Ned was sent to a Wesleyan Sunday- EDWARD WRIGHT . 7.
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... companion , he trembled lest such a fate might happen to him . Hungry and weary , he re- pented of his unfeeling conduct towards the parents who had made numberless efforts for his reformation . With- out food the whole of one day he ...
... companion , he trembled lest such a fate might happen to him . Hungry and weary , he re- pented of his unfeeling conduct towards the parents who had made numberless efforts for his reformation . With- out food the whole of one day he ...
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Page 136 - Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee ; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way ; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Page 98 - the blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son, cleanseth us from all sin...
Page 332 - THERE is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Immanuel's veins ; And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains.
Page 300 - The dying thief rejoiced to see That fountain in his day ; And there may I, though vile as he, Wash all my sins away.
Page 26 - But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Page 170 - Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish : for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
Page 86 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.
Page 157 - Jesus, whom having not seen we love ; in whom, though now we see him not, yet believing, we rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory, receiving the end of our faith, the salvation of our souls,
Page 23 - O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted...