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But wait for ten or a dozen years , and the scion once so pliable and obedient , as if by instinct , to the merest touch of the finger , has now become rigid , and so immovably fixed in its position , as to resist all the applications ...
But wait for ten or a dozen years , and the scion once so pliable and obedient , as if by instinct , to the merest touch of the finger , has now become rigid , and so immovably fixed in its position , as to resist all the applications ...
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... and some knowledge of farming , Mr. Gracelove at once determined to devote his future life to the cultivation and improvement of his estate . Shortly afterwards , therefore , he removed , with his family , to the peaceful retirement ...
... and some knowledge of farming , Mr. Gracelove at once determined to devote his future life to the cultivation and improvement of his estate . Shortly afterwards , therefore , he removed , with his family , to the peaceful retirement ...
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On these occasions , however , instead of acting as many in- judicious guardians of children will do , at once administering personal chastisement , contrary to what a preliminary course of reformation should endeavour to effect ...
On these occasions , however , instead of acting as many in- judicious guardians of children will do , at once administering personal chastisement , contrary to what a preliminary course of reformation should endeavour to effect ...
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... in whom conscience was only beginning to assert its spiritual supremacy over the motives and affections , it could not be , neither was it expected by her parents , that the evil of her temper would be at once eradicated .
... in whom conscience was only beginning to assert its spiritual supremacy over the motives and affections , it could not be , neither was it expected by her parents , that the evil of her temper would be at once eradicated .
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She at once thought of her pet flowers , -sighed gently , and laid down her book . However , after musing for two or three minutes , the child resisted the temptation that presented itself , and with an effort resumed her lesson .
She at once thought of her pet flowers , -sighed gently , and laid down her book . However , after musing for two or three minutes , the child resisted the temptation that presented itself , and with an effort resumed her lesson .
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| Title | Domestic memoirs of a Christian family resident in the county of Cumberland |
| Author | Henry Tudor |
| Publisher | J. Hatchard and Son, 1848 |
| Original from | Montserrat Abbey Library |
| Digitized | 30 Mar 2011 |
| Length | 416 pages |
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