Young Benjamin Franklin: Or, The Right Road Through LifeHarper & Brothers, 1862 - 561 pages |
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... rest assured , if he but sees you repentant , his an- ger will give way ; for the aim of all punishment , Benjamin , is to chasten , and not to torture ; and penitence does that through the scourging of the spirit , which the other ...
... rest assured , if he but sees you repentant , his an- ger will give way ; for the aim of all punishment , Benjamin , is to chasten , and not to torture ; and penitence does that through the scourging of the spirit , which the other ...
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... moment she raised her face from out her hands : " forgive us as we- ' you know the rest . " " Ay , come , Josh , " said Uncle Benjamin , “ don't be stubborn - hearted ! Think of the young ' 32 YOUNG BENJAMIN FRANKLIN . CHAPTER II. ...
... moment she raised her face from out her hands : " forgive us as we- ' you know the rest . " " Ay , come , Josh , " said Uncle Benjamin , “ don't be stubborn - hearted ! Think of the young ' 32 YOUNG BENJAMIN FRANKLIN . CHAPTER II. ...
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... rest assured . " " Heaven grant it may be So , and bless you for your loving kindness , brother , " faltered out the dame , half hysteric , through her tears , with de- light at the thought of regaining her lost son . " Hah ! it'll all ...
... rest assured . " " Heaven grant it may be So , and bless you for your loving kindness , brother , " faltered out the dame , half hysteric , through her tears , with de- light at the thought of regaining her lost son . " Hah ! it'll all ...
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... rest came scrambling up to kiss or shake hands with the printer on his return , he told them one after the other the gift he had brought them from the " old country ; " and when he had greet- ed the whole of the company present , he ...
... rest came scrambling up to kiss or shake hands with the printer on his return , he told them one after the other the gift he had brought them from the " old country ; " and when he had greet- ed the whole of the company present , he ...
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... rest , runs to the starn and cuts adrift the life buoy that is always kept hanging there over the taffrel . Then , as the buoy strikes the water , the blue light that is attached to it takes fire , and the black mass of waves is lighted ...
... rest , runs to the starn and cuts adrift the life buoy that is always kept hanging there over the taffrel . Then , as the buoy strikes the water , the blue light that is attached to it takes fire , and the black mass of waves is lighted ...
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Young Benjamin Franklin; Or, the Right Road Through Life, a Boy's Book on a ... Henry Mayhew No preview available - 2012 |
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Page 430 - Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 306 - Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep" — the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care; The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great Nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast — Lady M. What do you mean? Macb. Still it cried "Sleep no more!
Page 289 - ... other teaches me, that every grain of sand may harbour within it the tribes and the families of a busy population. The one...
Page 275 - Windsor, thou didst swear to me then, as I was washing thy wound, to marry me and make me my lady thy wife.
Page 275 - A made a finer end, and went away an it had been any christom child. A parted even just between twelve and one, even at the turning o' the tide. For after I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his fingers...
Page 291 - When an old bachelor marries a young wife, what is he to expect ? 'Tis now six months since Lady Teazle made me the happiest of men — and I have been the most miserable dog ever since ! We tiffed a little going to church, and fairly quarrelled before the bells had done ringing.
Page 306 - Sleep no more ! Macbeth does murder sleep,' the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast, — Lady M. What do you mean ? Macb. Still it cried ' Sleep no more ! ' to all the house : ' Glamis hath murder'd sleep, and therefore Cawdor Shall sleep no more ; Macbeth shall sleep no more.
Page 305 - One cried, God bless us ! and, Amen, the other ; As they had seen me, with these hangman's hands, Listening their fear. I could not say, amen, When they did say, God bless us.
Page 17 - At ten years old I was taken home to assist my father in his business, which was that of a tallow-chandler and soap-boiler...
Page 290 - ... was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other...