Novels and Miscellaneous Works: With Prefaces and Notes, Including Those Attributed to Sir Walter Scott, Volume 5G. Bell and Sons, 1884 |
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... seems that the government had a true account of it , and several counsels were held about ways to prevent its coming over , but all was kept very private . Hence it was that this rumour died off again , and people began to forget it ...
... seems that the government had a true account of it , and several counsels were held about ways to prevent its coming over , but all was kept very private . Hence it was that this rumour died off again , and people began to forget it ...
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... seems , heard abroad , that the best preparation for the plague was to run away from it . As to my argument of losing my trade , my goods , or debts , he quite confuted me : he told me the same thing , which I argued for my staying ...
... seems , heard abroad , that the best preparation for the plague was to run away from it . As to my argument of losing my trade , my goods , or debts , he quite confuted me : he told me the same thing , which I argued for my staying ...
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... seem good to him . With this resolution I went to bed ; and I was farther confirmed in it the next day , by the woman being taken ill with whom I had intended to intrust my house and all my affairs . But I had a farther obligation laid ...
... seem good to him . With this resolution I went to bed ; and I was farther confirmed in it the next day , by the woman being taken ill with whom I had intended to intrust my house and all my affairs . But I had a farther obligation laid ...
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... seem to start , and , as if he were called away , disappeared on a sudden . I looked earnestly every way and at the very moment that this man directed , but could not see the least appearance of anything , but so positive was this poor ...
... seem to start , and , as if he were called away , disappeared on a sudden . I looked earnestly every way and at the very moment that this man directed , but could not see the least appearance of anything , but so positive was this poor ...
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... seems , added to his bills , which he gave out in the streets , this advertisement in capital letters , viz . , He gives advice to the poor for nothing . Abundance of people came to him accordingly , to whom he made a great many fine ...
... seems , added to his bills , which he gave out in the streets , this advertisement in capital letters , viz . , He gives advice to the poor for nothing . Abundance of people came to him accordingly , to whom he made a great many fine ...
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Page 11 - I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress : my God ; in him will I trust. 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
Page 326 - The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done His marvellous works : that they ought to be had in remembrance.
Page 11 - Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day : nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the destruction that wasteth at noon-day.
Page 12 - Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, Even the most High, thy habitation ; There shall no evil befall thee, Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, To keep thee in all thy ways.