The Gipsies' Advocate: Or, Observations on the Origin, Character, Manners, and Habits, of the English Gipsies, to which are Added Many Interesting Anecdotes on the Success that Has Attended the Plans of Several Benevolent Individuals who Anxiously Desire Their Conversion to God

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Lindsay, 1831 - 167 pagina's

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Pagina 70 - Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men : and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
Pagina 163 - Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.
Pagina 73 - For ye shall go out with joy, And be led forth with peace: The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Pagina 90 - He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything.
Pagina 164 - He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; 8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
Pagina 53 - Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivereth them out of them all.
Pagina 151 - The dying woman seemed sensible of what her daughter was saying, and her countenance was much agitated. The air was again rent with the cries of the distressed daughters. The king, full of kindness, instantly endeavoured to comfort them. He said, ' I am a minister, and God has sent me to instruct and comfort your mother...
Pagina 40 - But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil; which while some have coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Pagina 167 - Earth : and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, saying, blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, unto him that sitteth upon the Throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Pagina 151 - He now rose up, put some gold into the hands of the afflicted girls, promised them his protection, and bade them look to heaven. He then wiped the tears from his eyes, and mounted his horse. His attendants, greatly affected, stood in silent admiration. Lord L-> was...

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