Life Struggles: an Autobiographic Record of the Earlier Trials and Later Triumphs of the Rev. James Inches HillocksJ.S. Marr, 1876 - 184 strani |
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... entered , among the seething masses of London , we may apply the line of Dr Johnson , which was printed in capitals- " Slow rises worth by poverty depressed . " But to us , and doubtless to the reader , the manner in which such men ...
... entered , among the seething masses of London , we may apply the line of Dr Johnson , which was printed in capitals- " Slow rises worth by poverty depressed . " But to us , and doubtless to the reader , the manner in which such men ...
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... entered the village of Lochee , near Dundee , and gone along the South - road , till you came to a long row of low - roofed thatched houses , and entered the second door from the west , you would have seen a four - loomed shop in the ...
... entered the village of Lochee , near Dundee , and gone along the South - road , till you came to a long row of low - roofed thatched houses , and entered the second door from the west , you would have seen a four - loomed shop in the ...
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... entered this sham of a house , this ill - ventilated hovel , between the long and short hours of twelve and one , when all , nine in number , were asleep save myself , you would have found me standing in front the said chest of drawers ...
... entered this sham of a house , this ill - ventilated hovel , between the long and short hours of twelve and one , when all , nine in number , were asleep save myself , you would have found me standing in front the said chest of drawers ...
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... this seemed to change his nature . The retired boy , with noble aim , entered so heartily into the unhealthy life around him that he really " enjoyed the fun of a stormy meet- ing , " the stormier the nearer to his liking.
... this seemed to change his nature . The retired boy , with noble aim , entered so heartily into the unhealthy life around him that he really " enjoyed the fun of a stormy meet- ing , " the stormier the nearer to his liking.
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... entered Forfar one of the " orators " said : - " Dear Fellowmen - We are here an ' there maun be nae flinchin ' . Hunger has brocht us here , fellowmen , an ' we maun do our wark . I hae lookit lang for the cause of our poverty ; I hae ...
... entered Forfar one of the " orators " said : - " Dear Fellowmen - We are here an ' there maun be nae flinchin ' . Hunger has brocht us here , fellowmen , an ' we maun do our wark . I hae lookit lang for the cause of our poverty ; I hae ...
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able Alyth anxious assistance beautiful became become blessed Brechin Broughty Ferry called cause CHAPTER cheering CHRISTIAN UNION Church Congregational Church connection Darlington dear desire Dundee duties earnest Edinburgh efforts entered especially Evangelistic evident faith father favoured fear feeling felt gave GEORGE GILFILLAN give glad greatly happy heart heartily hence Hillocks hope incidents interest J. H. Wilson Jesus kind kindly knew labour lectures letter literary societies live Lochee London Lord Kinnaird Luthermuir Macrae Maggie manifested matter maun meet mental culture mind minister moral morning nature newspaper noble parents pastor poet poor Poor Law Board poverty pupils rejoice says Scotland seen soon soul speak spirit St Pancras struggling suffering Sunday teacher teaching tell things thought told truth valuable Waverley Station wayside flower words workhouse
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Stran 63 - No man practises so well as he writes. I have all my life long been lying till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good.
Stran 39 - All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. Teach thy necessity to reason thus ; There is no virtue like necessity.
Stran 73 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Stran 133 - ... hour ; It smiles in the sunshine, and weeps in the shower ; And the footstep falls on the wayside flower ! Now see, my dear child, in the wayside flower, The joys and the sorrows of life's passing hour ; The footstep of time hastens on in its power ; And soon we must fall like the wayside flower Yet know, my dear child, that the wayside flower Shall revive in its season, and bloom its brief hour ; That again we shall blossom in beauty and power, Where the foot never falls on the wayside flower...
Stran ii - expressing in one terse phrase, his energy as a man, and his hope as a Christian." Christian Word — " It is a story that ought to inspire young men in their wrestle with fortune in her sternest moods. " Arbroath Guide — " The account of Mr. Hillocks' life is interesting, and we recommend the book to the notice of young men especially.
Stran 133 - There's a moral, my child, in the wayside flower : There's an emblem of life in its short-Iiv'd hour ; It smiles in the sunshine, and weeps in the shower ; And the footstep falls on the wayside flower ! Now see, my dear child, in the wayside flower...