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It is that power alone which has furnished me with the means I have employed and that has crowned them with success . My faith in this respect leads me to hope , though I cannot count upon it , that the Divine goodness will still be ...
It is that power alone which has furnished me with the means I have employed and that has crowned them with success . My faith in this respect leads me to hope , though I cannot count upon it , that the Divine goodness will still be ...
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This petty estate would not have sufficed for their subsistence , had they not added the trade of blacksmith , which was perpetuated in the family down to my uncle's time , the eldest son having been uniformly brought up to this employ- ...
This petty estate would not have sufficed for their subsistence , had they not added the trade of blacksmith , which was perpetuated in the family down to my uncle's time , the eldest son having been uniformly brought up to this employ- ...
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I was accordingly employed in cutting the wicks and filling the moulds , taking care of the shop , carrying messages , & c . This business displeased me , and I felt a strong inclination for a sea life ; but my father set his face ...
I was accordingly employed in cutting the wicks and filling the moulds , taking care of the shop , carrying messages , & c . This business displeased me , and I felt a strong inclination for a sea life ; but my father set his face ...
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In the former , indeed , he never engaged , be- cause his numerous family , and the mediocrity of his fortune , kept him unremittingly employed in the duties of his profession . But I very well remember , that the leading men of ...
In the former , indeed , he never engaged , be- cause his numerous family , and the mediocrity of his fortune , kept him unremittingly employed in the duties of his profession . But I very well remember , that the leading men of ...
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I thus continued employed in my father's trade for the space of two years ; that is to say , till I arrived at twelve years of age.- About this time , my brother John , who had ser- ved his apprenticeship in London , having quitted his ...
I thus continued employed in my father's trade for the space of two years ; that is to say , till I arrived at twelve years of age.- About this time , my brother John , who had ser- ved his apprenticeship in London , having quitted his ...
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