Memoirs of the Forty-five First Years of the Life of James Lackington, Bookseller: In Forty-seven Letters to a FriendWhittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, 1830 - 347 páginas |
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... began to praise the composition ; and on looking into the English Review , I found that the editors had filled seven pages in reviewing these Memoirs , and had bestowed much praise on the author . I was then ready to conclude , that ...
... began to praise the composition ; and on looking into the English Review , I found that the editors had filled seven pages in reviewing these Memoirs , and had bestowed much praise on the author . I was then ready to conclude , that ...
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... began to yawn as wide as we could ; which immediately had the desired effect , the whole butcher - row was set a yawning ; on which I and my companions burst into a hearty laugh , and took to our heels . The trick pleased us so well ...
... began to yawn as wide as we could ; which immediately had the desired effect , the whole butcher - row was set a yawning ; on which I and my companions burst into a hearty laugh , and took to our heels . The trick pleased us so well ...
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... began to cry apple - pies about the streets : I took great notice of his methods of selling his pies , and thought I could do it much better than he . I communicated to a neighbouring baker my thoughts on the subject in such a manner as ...
... began to cry apple - pies about the streets : I took great notice of his methods of selling his pies , and thought I could do it much better than he . I communicated to a neighbouring baker my thoughts on the subject in such a manner as ...
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... cry " Mackerel , all alive , alive ( ! " And on his arrival at the church , he began the service as follows , " When the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness and doth that which is lawful and right 38 THE LIFE OF.
... cry " Mackerel , all alive , alive ( ! " And on his arrival at the church , he began the service as follows , " When the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness and doth that which is lawful and right 38 THE LIFE OF.
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... began to shake as usual , on which the family went out of their own habitation and entered the old house where the boy was seen to get in ; yet for a long time they could not discover any person , and were just turning to come out again ...
... began to shake as usual , on which the family went out of their own habitation and entered the old house where the boy was seen to get in ; yet for a long time they could not discover any person , and were just turning to come out again ...
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Página 347 - The burden of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon us, Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father; For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, Forgive us all that is past; And grant that we may ever hereafter Serve and please thee In newness of life, To the honour and glory of thy name; Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Página 294 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
Página 96 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Página 168 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Página 114 - Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Página 161 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Página 294 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my...
Página 252 - But if you happen to have any learning, keep it a profound secret, especially from the men, who generally look with a jealous and malignant eye on a woman of great parts and a cultivated understanding.
Página 119 - Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little do we need ! For nature's calls are few : In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do.
Página 347 - Original Sin standeth not in the following of Adam (as the Pelagians do vainly talk); but it is the fault and corruption of the Nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to the spirit; and therefore in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.