My Autobiography: Some Events Pathetic But Absolutely True1861 - 74 pages |
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... officers of a Church , figured . The following day after we had fixed the fence , Mr. Hill told me to go down to the grain field . If everything was all right I was to hurry right back , and if anything was wrong I was 16.
... officers of a Church , figured . The following day after we had fixed the fence , Mr. Hill told me to go down to the grain field . If everything was all right I was to hurry right back , and if anything was wrong I was 16.
Page 17
... told me to tell him there was no law against her geese being out on the commons , and he could fix his fence if he did not want the geese in his field . We had a time driving the geese out and while we were doing so , Mr. Hill killed ...
... told me to tell him there was no law against her geese being out on the commons , and he could fix his fence if he did not want the geese in his field . We had a time driving the geese out and while we were doing so , Mr. Hill killed ...
Page 18
... told of what had taken place . Mrs. Franks was not a member of the Methodist Church , so the point was , what could be done ? All agreed that something should be done , so the officials were to meet on the next evening to agree on what ...
... told of what had taken place . Mrs. Franks was not a member of the Methodist Church , so the point was , what could be done ? All agreed that something should be done , so the officials were to meet on the next evening to agree on what ...
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... told him where it was , but I couldn't reach it . He said , " Maybe I can , " and he did . He took a bottle of wine to the table with him where he poured and drank until that bottle was empty . By that time he began to act so strangely ...
... told him where it was , but I couldn't reach it . He said , " Maybe I can , " and he did . He took a bottle of wine to the table with him where he poured and drank until that bottle was empty . By that time he began to act so strangely ...
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... told his Mother she never had treated any woman right , he may have been referring to unpleasant happenings that I knew nothing about , but I almost told him there . were things I did know but felt that I did not dare tell . I wonder ...
... told his Mother she never had treated any woman right , he may have been referring to unpleasant happenings that I knew nothing about , but I almost told him there . were things I did know but felt that I did not dare tell . I wonder ...
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Page 67 - There are lonely hearts to cherish, While the days are going by ; There are weary souls who perish, While the days are going by...
Page 5 - Every child born into the world is a new thought of God, an ever-fresh and radiant possibility.
Page 30 - No. 93. /"\H, how sweet when we mingle with kindred spirits here, ^-' And tell of Jesus and His love ! When by faith we can see Him, and feel His presence near, And lift our longing souls above. We shall meet on the banks of the river ; happy, happy there for evermore. We shall dwell with the angels, and join with choral song, our loved ones, loved ones gone before.
Page 74 - Eureka! this the purpose I pursue ; For, behold, a god hath called me, and his service I shall do! " Brother, seek thy calling likewise, thou wert destined for the same; Sloth is sin, and toil is worship, and the soul demands an aim : Who neglects the ordination, he shall not escape the blame.
Page 53 - I thanked her and wanted to know if there was something that I could do for her, but she answered, "Never mind, child, you do well to do the things you are compelled to do.
Page 41 - Hill, but he heard me crying and came to me and asked me what the matter was. I told him. He said, "Never mind, daughter, I'll tell Mother to go look herself. She'll see no little potatoes.