Tales of the TownJames Burns, 1843 - 255 pagina's |
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Pagina 6
... considered his son's want of taste , esteeming , as he did , the cutting off of legs and arms , and other matters of a like kind , among the sunny spots of life ; and hanging over the pots of rhubarb and jalap with much the same delight ...
... considered his son's want of taste , esteeming , as he did , the cutting off of legs and arms , and other matters of a like kind , among the sunny spots of life ; and hanging over the pots of rhubarb and jalap with much the same delight ...
Pagina 12
... considered so eligible a match . His attentions , which were but coldly received by Millicent , had the effect of making the young squire more persevering ; and his frequent calls upon Mr. Roberts had been attributed , by the gossips of ...
... considered so eligible a match . His attentions , which were but coldly received by Millicent , had the effect of making the young squire more persevering ; and his frequent calls upon Mr. Roberts had been attributed , by the gossips of ...
Pagina 14
... considered a low connexion ; others , that he was disgusted with the old man ; and some , that he had found out what was clear to all — that she was playing a deep game , and wished to have two strings to her bow , ( coupling his with ...
... considered a low connexion ; others , that he was disgusted with the old man ; and some , that he had found out what was clear to all — that she was playing a deep game , and wished to have two strings to her bow , ( coupling his with ...
Pagina 18
... considered to be knowing in such matters , being the third cousin of a newly - created baronet , declared that it was a mark of such shocking ignorance , that she would call upon her dear friend , as she termed her , and tell her she ...
... considered to be knowing in such matters , being the third cousin of a newly - created baronet , declared that it was a mark of such shocking ignorance , that she would call upon her dear friend , as she termed her , and tell her she ...
Pagina 24
... considered an annual subscriber of 107 . to the funds of the school , but that his name must not appear in any subscription - list . " The vicar expressed himself much pleased at this announcement , although he said he was not surprised ...
... considered an annual subscriber of 107 . to the funds of the school , but that his name must not appear in any subscription - list . " The vicar expressed himself much pleased at this announcement , although he said he was not surprised ...
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Pagina 215 - Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why ? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
Pagina 192 - Hooker that he thought himself bound in conscience to believe all that she said ; so that the good man came to be persuaded by her " that he was a man of a tender constitution, and that it was best for him to have a wife, that might prove a nurse to him, such a one as might both prolong his life and make it more comfortable, and such a one she could and would provide for him, if he thought fit to marry.
Pagina 146 - I mean an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us, ordained by Christ Himself, as a means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof.
Pagina 81 - PERSOUN of a toun ; But riche he was of holy thought and werk. He was also a lerned man, a clerk That Cristes gospel gladly wolde preche ; His parischens devoutly wolde he teche. Benigne he was, and wonder diligent, And in adversite...
Pagina 157 - And the curate that ministereth in every parish church or chapel, being at home and not being otherwise reasonably hindered, shall say the same in the parish church or chapel where he ministereth, and shall cause a bell to be tolled thereunto a convenient time before he begin, that the people may come to hear God's Word and to pray with him.
Pagina 35 - Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.
Pagina 238 - The letter, as I live, with all the business I writ to his holiness. Nay then, farewell! I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness : And, from that full meridian of my glory, I haste now to my setting. I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more.
Pagina 194 - You are now a minister's wife, and must now so far forget your father's house as not to claim a precedence of any of your parishioners, for you are to know that a priest's wife can challenge no precedence or place, but that which she purchases by her obliging humility ; and I am sure places so purchased do best become them. And let me tell you, that I am so good a herald as to assure you that this is truth.
Pagina 252 - My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Pagina 193 - Cranmer, took a journey to see their tutor ; where they found him with a book in his hand (it was the Odes of Horace), he being then, like humble and innocent Abel, tending his small allotment of sheep in a common field, which he told his pupils he was forced to do then, for that his servant was gone home to dine, and assist his wife to do some necessary household business. When his servant returned and released him, then his two pupils attended him unto his house, where their best entertainment...