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... 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 needy , and the neglected , from degradation ...
... 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 needy , and the neglected , from degradation ...
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... suffering humanity ; Falk , Pestalozzi , and Francke , giving up every comfort to provide asylums , refuges , and schools , for poor , neglected , and abandoned children - they , too , were as true heroes as the soldier who , regardless ...
... suffering humanity ; Falk , Pestalozzi , and Francke , giving up every comfort to provide asylums , refuges , and schools , for poor , neglected , and abandoned children - they , too , were as true heroes as the soldier who , regardless ...
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... suffered to depart for England with no other guarantee for repayment , than his own promise . The French government permitted him to return , that he might , with greater chance of success , persuade that of Eng- land to make a suitable ...
... suffered to depart for England with no other guarantee for repayment , than his own promise . The French government permitted him to return , that he might , with greater chance of success , persuade that of Eng- land to make a suitable ...
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... suffering from gaol fever . The unsleeping energies of the great philanthropist had now found their fitting work ; he threw himself into it with all the enthusiasm of his nature . The crusade had commenced in earnest . In a series of 16 ...
... suffering from gaol fever . The unsleeping energies of the great philanthropist had now found their fitting work ; he threw himself into it with all the enthusiasm of his nature . The crusade had commenced in earnest . In a series of 16 ...
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... suffered greater hardships than any he had witnessed endured in France by the English , his first care on reaching London was to call on the Commissioners of Sick and Wounded Seamen , to tell them what he had heard , and of his ...
... suffered greater hardships than any he had witnessed endured in France by the English , his first care on reaching London was to call on the Commissioners of Sick and Wounded Seamen , to tell them what he had heard , and of his ...
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Side 1 - ... 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 131 - 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 2 - They are a marvel of cheapness, some of the volumes extending to as many as 700, and even 900, pages, printed on toned paper In a beautifully clear type. Add to this, that they are profusely illustrated with wood engravings, are elegantly and tastefully bound, and that they are published at 3s. 6d each and our recommendation of them Is complete.'— Scotsman.
Side 3 - 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 43 - 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 8 - The Minister's Daughter, and Old Anthony's Will Tales for the Young. By MM POLLARD, Author of ' The Miner's Son,
Side 11 - 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 13 - 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 34 - 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.