The True History of Joshua Davidson, Christian and CommunistChatto and Windus, 1874 - 279 páginas |
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... seemed to Him so much deserving respect as a handful of poor enthusiasts , martyrs to their faith , opposing fire and sword to shot and shell . I repeat again what I have said before , for it is a word that cannot be too often insisted ...
... seemed to Him so much deserving respect as a handful of poor enthusiasts , martyrs to their faith , opposing fire and sword to shot and shell . I repeat again what I have said before , for it is a word that cannot be too often insisted ...
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... seemed to mean the same " " thing as a scat -our Cornish word for a blow - only the boy didn't seem to see it . " Yes ; but , sir , it is not of myself I am thinking , it is of the world , " said Joshua . " If we are Christians , why ...
... seemed to mean the same " " thing as a scat -our Cornish word for a blow - only the boy didn't seem to see it . " Yes ; but , sir , it is not of myself I am thinking , it is of the world , " said Joshua . " If we are Christians , why ...
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... seemed to have a mystery somehow in it , and the young carpenter reading to us of Christ , and praying for the power to be like unto Him in life and heart ; praying with an earnestness , a realization , a very passion of entreaty- nay ...
... seemed to have a mystery somehow in it , and the young carpenter reading to us of Christ , and praying for the power to be like unto Him in life and heart ; praying with an earnestness , a realization , a very passion of entreaty- nay ...
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... seemed inspired , transported beyond himself , beyond humanity . He commanded the stone to move in God's name , and because Christ had promised : and we knelt beside him , not so much trembling as exalted , feeling in the very presence ...
... seemed inspired , transported beyond himself , beyond humanity . He commanded the stone to move in God's name , and because Christ had promised : and we knelt beside him , not so much trembling as exalted , feeling in the very presence ...
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... seemed to feel the narrowness of his life down at such a dead place as Trevalga , where a man must work hard to keep body and soul together , and keep them very poorly when he has done his best ; and where he cannot get forward save by ...
... seemed to feel the narrowness of his life down at such a dead place as Trevalga , where a man must work hard to keep body and soul together , and keep them very poorly when he has done his best ; and where he cannot get forward save by ...
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