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... kind of hardship , sub- mitted cheerfully to suffering , mockery , and indignity , exercised extreme self - denial , that they might do good to their fellow - men , ease the burdens of op- pressed humanity , and elevate the poor , the ...
... kind of hardship , sub- mitted cheerfully to suffering , mockery , and indignity , exercised extreme self - denial , that they might do good to their fellow - men , ease the burdens of op- pressed humanity , and elevate the poor , the ...
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... kind of iniquity and cruelty was resorted to in order to make it pay a large percentage . One Bambridge , who was warder at that time , was a perfect monster of barbarity . We could scarcely credit the stories told of him , were they ...
... kind of iniquity and cruelty was resorted to in order to make it pay a large percentage . One Bambridge , who was warder at that time , was a perfect monster of barbarity . We could scarcely credit the stories told of him , were they ...
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... kind- ness ; and he begged Priestman to go at once and ask his permission , which he did , and obtained it . A letter arrived from England giving better accounts of his son's health , which greatly cheered the death- bed of the dying ...
... kind- ness ; and he begged Priestman to go at once and ask his permission , which he did , and obtained it . A letter arrived from England giving better accounts of his son's health , which greatly cheered the death- bed of the dying ...
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... kind heart was . touched at once , by the scenes of misery and barbarity , he beheld . Henceforth he became the warm advocate of the Indians ; to rescue the oppressed race from tyranny was now his life- work . He was sent by Diego ...
... kind heart was . touched at once , by the scenes of misery and barbarity , he beheld . Henceforth he became the warm advocate of the Indians ; to rescue the oppressed race from tyranny was now his life- work . He was sent by Diego ...
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... kind - heartedness of the Clerigo ( as Las Casas was called ) , had already become known to the Indians , as no less than a hundred and eighty of them , men and women , came and put themselves under his protection . He was delighted to ...
... kind - heartedness of the Clerigo ( as Las Casas was called ) , had already become known to the Indians , as no less than a hundred and eighty of them , men and women , came and put themselves under his protection . He was delighted to ...
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Side 3 - ... 6d. each. Each Volume contains a Memoir, and is illustrated with a Portrait of the Author engraved on Steel, and numerous full-page Illustrations on Wood, from designs by eminent Artists; also beautiful Illuminated Title-page. 1. LONGFELLOW'S POETICAL WORKS. 2. SCOTT'S POETICAL WORKS. 3. BYRON'S POETICAL WORKS. 4. MOORE'S POETICAL WORKS. 5. WORDSWORTH'S POETICAL WORKS. [Continued on next page.
Side 133 - But whoso hath this world's goods, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him ? My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and truth.
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Side 5 - The Record. 6. Warrior, Priest, and Statesman ; or, English Heroes in the Thirteenth Century. By WH DAVENPORT ADAMS. 7. Totty Testudo. The Life and Wonderful Adventures of Totty Testudo. An Autobiography by FLORA F.
Side 45 - GOD to cut off my life in the prosecution of this design, let not my conduct be uncandidly imputed to rashness or enthusiasm, but to a serious, deliberate conviction that I am pursuing the path of duty ; and to a sincere desire of being made an instrument of more extensive usefulness to my fellow creatures than could be expected in the narrower circle of a retired life...
Side 10 - The Minister's Daughter, and Old Anthony's Will Tales for the Young. By MM POLLARD, Author of ' The Miner's Son,
Side 13 - SAINT-PIERRE. 4. Little Threads : Tangle Thread, Golden Thread, and Silver Thread. 5- Benjamin Franklin, the Printer Boy. 6. Barton Todd, and the Young Lawyer. 7- The Perils of Greatness : The Story of Alexander Menzikoff. 8. Little Crowns, and How to Win them. By Bev. JOSEPH A. COLLIER. 9- Great Riches : Nelly Rivers
Side 15 - In order to redress this hardship, I applied to the justices of the county for a salary to the gaoler in lieu of his fees. The bench were properly affected with the grievance, and willing to grant the relief desired : but they wanted a precedent for charging the county with the expense.
Side 36 - I have been frequently asked what precautions I use to preserve myself from infection in the prisons and hospitals which I visit. I here answer, next to the free goodness and mercy of the Author of my being, temperance and cleanliness are my preservatives. Trusting in Divine Providence, and believing myself in the way of my duty, I visit the most noxious cells ; and while thus employed, I fear no evil.