Uncle Barnaby: Or, Recollections of His Character and Opinions1799 - 356 pages |
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Page 52
... Mortimer , and the advancing succession was destined for other friends . My uncle ob- served that something was amiss with the lock of the hot - house door , and directed one of the gar- deners to get it set to rights . " Send for the ...
... Mortimer , and the advancing succession was destined for other friends . My uncle ob- served that something was amiss with the lock of the hot - house door , and directed one of the gar- deners to get it set to rights . " Send for the ...
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Barnaby (Uncle.) a visit to cousin Mortimer , or he would not have contented himself with ordering the lock to be repaired ; he would have seen that it actually was done ; and perhaps , had he been at home , the gardener would have been ...
Barnaby (Uncle.) a visit to cousin Mortimer , or he would not have contented himself with ordering the lock to be repaired ; he would have seen that it actually was done ; and perhaps , had he been at home , the gardener would have been ...
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... Mortimer ; but , turning to my uncle , added , " I hope , sir , the match is entirely satisfactory to you . " " Very much so , " replied my uncle . " Mortimer is an excellent , I may add , an inoffensive man ; as much so as any man with ...
... Mortimer ; but , turning to my uncle , added , " I hope , sir , the match is entirely satisfactory to you . " " Very much so , " replied my uncle . " Mortimer is an excellent , I may add , an inoffensive man ; as much so as any man with ...
Page 75
... Mortimer ? UNCLE . - I will answer your question , Frank , by another . Did Henry Mortimer ever give you offence or pain ? FRANK . - Oh , no , uncle : he is so uniformly kind and agreeable , I never experienced any thing but pleasure in ...
... Mortimer ? UNCLE . - I will answer your question , Frank , by another . Did Henry Mortimer ever give you offence or pain ? FRANK . - Oh , no , uncle : he is so uniformly kind and agreeable , I never experienced any thing but pleasure in ...
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... Mortimer , Dr. Reynolds , and my noble friend . FRANK . - Yes , uncle , I am sure I should . Well , I am glad this conversation was brought up . I hope it will teach me not to think meanly of an inoffensive man ; but rather , to aspire ...
... Mortimer , Dr. Reynolds , and my noble friend . FRANK . - Yes , uncle , I am sure I should . Well , I am glad this conversation was brought up . I hope it will teach me not to think meanly of an inoffensive man ; but rather , to aspire ...
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Page 73 - For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Do all things without murmurings and disputings: that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; holding forth the word of life...
Page 222 - Through mere good fortune, took a different course. The flock grew calm again, and I, the road Following, that led me to my own abode, Much...
Page 82 - For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Page 89 - And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said ; Verily I say unto you, except ye be converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Page 260 - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life : in thy light shall we see light.
Page 133 - Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Page 133 - Trust in the Lord, and do good ; So shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Page 216 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Page 80 - Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs ; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And though but few can serve, yet all may please; O let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence.
Page 78 - But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.