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... Mary , while all were laughing heartily except the object of the merriment . " Do you remember what he once told me about reading history ? I had asked him some question concerning one of the personages in Hume , whom he 10 HOBOKEN .
... Mary , while all were laughing heartily except the object of the merriment . " Do you remember what he once told me about reading history ? I had asked him some question concerning one of the personages in Hume , whom he 10 HOBOKEN .
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... history , I always skip the names and dates ! ' " " I hope you have not skipped Miss Elton's name , " said his father , " and the date of your first meeting ? Hey ! you young dog ? " 66 Upon my word , it's quite ridiculous , " replied ...
... history , I always skip the names and dates ! ' " " I hope you have not skipped Miss Elton's name , " said his father , " and the date of your first meeting ? Hey ! you young dog ? " 66 Upon my word , it's quite ridiculous , " replied ...
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... history as the representatives of irreligion and the bold scorners of the Bible . Thus , his note - books scribbled over with memo- randa of Voltaire and Volney , and his memory stored with splendid passages from Cain and Childe Harold ...
... history as the representatives of irreligion and the bold scorners of the Bible . Thus , his note - books scribbled over with memo- randa of Voltaire and Volney , and his memory stored with splendid passages from Cain and Childe Harold ...
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... history . As she sat near White she was enabled to do so , and privately learned from that gentleman all she desired . " Glendenning , " said White , " has a constitutional pe- culiarity . His temper is as quick and his blood as hot as ...
... history . As she sat near White she was enabled to do so , and privately learned from that gentleman all she desired . " Glendenning , " said White , " has a constitutional pe- culiarity . His temper is as quick and his blood as hot as ...
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... history . " " You have painted us all so many times before , " said Harry , alluding to several productions on the wall , " that I should think you would be nearly tired of us . " . The pieces to which Harry referred were various paint ...
... history . " " You have painted us all so many times before , " said Harry , alluding to several productions on the wall , " that I should think you would be nearly tired of us . " . The pieces to which Harry referred were various paint ...
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Page 131 - Therefore take no thought, saying: What shall we eat? Or, what shall we drink? Or, wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek.) For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Page 85 - The Lord giveth, and the Lord ' taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord.
Page 117 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
Page 215 - The History of the Discovery and Settlement of America. By William Robertson, DD With an Account of his Life and Writings. To which are added, Questions for the Examination of Students.