The Bible and Spade; Or, Captain Brenton's Account of the Children's Friend Society, EtcJ. Nisbet & Company, 1837 - 106 pages |
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... happy to say that the guardians of other Parishes concur with our views of the question ; and if the merely filling our two schools at Hackney - Wick and Chiswick were the only consideration , the point is already decided in our favour ...
... happy to say that the guardians of other Parishes concur with our views of the question ; and if the merely filling our two schools at Hackney - Wick and Chiswick were the only consideration , the point is already decided in our favour ...
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... happy settler . We should have volunteers in abundance for our fleets and armies , we should have no need of im- pressment , and very little for punishment . Such is the object of the " CHILDREN'S FRIEND SOCIETY 30 HISTORY OF THE.
... happy settler . We should have volunteers in abundance for our fleets and armies , we should have no need of im- pressment , and very little for punishment . Such is the object of the " CHILDREN'S FRIEND SOCIETY 30 HISTORY OF THE.
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... happy as the days are long , it makes me think my young days are coming again . I can see my children two or three times a week , they all seem to be very happy , and that makes me happy . Mr. and Mrs. A. are quite a young couple , with ...
... happy as the days are long , it makes me think my young days are coming again . I can see my children two or three times a week , they all seem to be very happy , and that makes me happy . Mr. and Mrs. A. are quite a young couple , with ...
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... happy . I like the Cape well indeed , and my place also , for I think I have got the most com- fortable place of all . We all got good places the same day that we came on shore ; Mary Ann Stewart is gone to Graham's Town in the same ...
... happy . I like the Cape well indeed , and my place also , for I think I have got the most com- fortable place of all . We all got good places the same day that we came on shore ; Mary Ann Stewart is gone to Graham's Town in the same ...
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... happy as they are , and as you , Sir , and my mother have always been . If any thing can make me happier than I am , or continue to add to my present felicity , it will be the continuance of your and my good mother's prayers . My dear ...
... happy as they are , and as you , Sir , and my mother have always been . If any thing can make me happier than I am , or continue to add to my present felicity , it will be the continuance of your and my good mother's prayers . My dear ...
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The Bible and Spade: Or Captain Brenton's Account of the Children's Friend ... Edward Pelham Brenton No preview available - 2009 |
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allowed apprentices Asylum attention boys Brenton brother Cape Town Captain CHAP Cherry Hill Farm chil child Children's Friend Society Chiswick clothes colonies commissioners Committee of Management dear DUCHESS OF KENT duty Earl of Euston Ewan Christian expense FANNY FORSHER father felons female Forsher Fredericton gentlemen George Wilson give Greenwich Hospital guardians Hackney Wick hand happy honour hope indenture instruction Iron Park Hall James Juvenile Emigrants kind King's knew labour Lady Leicestershire letter Lord magistrate Mary-le-bone ment mind moral mother navy never officer orphan parents parish person prisons punishment received ROYAL NAVY ruin Samuel Bailey sent servants ship Simpson Sir Frederick Williamson soon squire thee thing Thornton thou thought tion Tom Wilson took unhappy unto vice week William Wilson workhouse young youth
Popular passages
Page 120 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Page 124 - Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. " Woe unto the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Page 117 - These six things doth the Lord hate: Yea, seven are an abomination unto him : A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Page 123 - The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Page 125 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 124 - For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low...
Page 118 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Page 122 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Page 118 - The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
Page 125 - Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness : for they shall be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful : for they shall obtain mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart : for they shall see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. 10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.