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... afford ; and to gain a shilling ( and that , perhaps , when an extra shilling may be an essential service to her own family ) by occasional as- sistance in the house of a richer neighbour . But who would give thank'ye for the assistance ...
... afford ; and to gain a shilling ( and that , perhaps , when an extra shilling may be an essential service to her own family ) by occasional as- sistance in the house of a richer neighbour . But who would give thank'ye for the assistance ...
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... afford . As to the first , you had better ask the opinion of some judicious , impartial friend , who has had experience in such matters . As to the latter , without by any means wishing to recommend rashness or extravagance , I would ...
... afford . As to the first , you had better ask the opinion of some judicious , impartial friend , who has had experience in such matters . As to the latter , without by any means wishing to recommend rashness or extravagance , I would ...
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... afford them any security of that kind that they can reasonably de- sire . If they should not be personally known to the landlord of the house they wish to occupy , the young man's employer , or the master in whose service the young ...
... afford them any security of that kind that they can reasonably de- sire . If they should not be personally known to the landlord of the house they wish to occupy , the young man's employer , or the master in whose service the young ...
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... afford them ; and that they should still be inspirited with the hope of bettering their condition in life . This hope , I know very well , is , as a sensible writer has expressed it , ( Slaney , ) beneficial to the community , as well ...
... afford them ; and that they should still be inspirited with the hope of bettering their condition in life . This hope , I know very well , is , as a sensible writer has expressed it , ( Slaney , ) beneficial to the community , as well ...
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... afford . Chairs with rush bottoms are always wearing out . I don't at all recommend these . A good beechen chair nicely scoured always looks well and lasts long ; but even the common cottage chairs , with ashen frames and wicker seats ...
... afford . Chairs with rush bottoms are always wearing out . I don't at all recommend these . A good beechen chair nicely scoured always looks well and lasts long ; but even the common cottage chairs , with ashen frames and wicker seats ...
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afford allspice amusement barley barley water beef tea beer better boiling water borecole bowels bread brewing cabbage casks castor oil celery child clean cleanliness cloth cold water comfort copper cottage cream of tartar crop drachm electuary endive expense fire flannel flour flowers garden give graft ground gum arabic habits half a pint hand inches infant isinglass keep kind labour lard liquor mash tub meat medicine milk mixed mother neighbour never nourishing nutmeg onions ounce parents peas perhaps person pint plants poor potatoes poultice pound proper pudding quantity quart salt saved seed shillings soon spirits of hartshorn stick stir strain suffer sugar sweetened table-spoonful taken tea-spoonful thing trees vinegar warm water washing weather Welsh onions wine winter woman yeast young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 18 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
Seite 231 - Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; not with eye-service, as menpleasers ; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart...
Seite 231 - Godliness is profitable for all things; having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come.
Seite 88 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost,' being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.
Seite 228 - Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things written in the book of the law to do them.
Seite 11 - I can't tell a lie, Pa; you know I can't tell a lie. I did cut it with my hatchet.
Seite 231 - How can I do this great wickedness, and sin against my God ?
Seite 207 - The children of Holland take pleasure in making, What the children of England take pleasure in breaking;" I believe their bijouterie and nouveautes are chiefly manufactured for the foreign markets.
Seite 20 - I'll try if I can get it. Upon this he set down his basket in the road, and began to climb up the tree. He had half ascended, when, casting a look at his basket, he saw a dog with his nose in it, ferreting out the piece of kid's flesh.
Seite 4 - HONESTY THE BEST POLICY. A NOBLEMAN travelling in Scotland, about six years ago, was asked for alms in the High street of Edinburgh, by a little ragged boy. He said he had no change ; upon which the boy offered to procure it. His lordship, in order to get rid of his importunity, gave him a piece of silver, and the boy conceiving it was to be changed, ran off for that purpose.