Memoirs of the Life of the Late Mrs. Catharine CappeLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822 - 467 pages |
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... knew his own , yet their property being so intermingled , various subjects for endless debate and litigation were continually arising among them ; and being proud from independence , and obstinate from extreme ignorance , it was almost ...
... knew his own , yet their property being so intermingled , various subjects for endless debate and litigation were continually arising among them ; and being proud from independence , and obstinate from extreme ignorance , it was almost ...
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... knew any particulars of her history , pre- vious to her marriage with their father . After some time , my father obtained for her the pension of a captain's widow , amounting at that time to about twenty - six pounds per annum . This ...
... knew any particulars of her history , pre- vious to her marriage with their father . After some time , my father obtained for her the pension of a captain's widow , amounting at that time to about twenty - six pounds per annum . This ...
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... she had been expressly taught . For instance , she knew little of spelling , and nothing of English grammar ; we took no trouble , there- C fore , in dividing our words into syllables , but CHAP . 2. ) MRS . CATHARINE CAPPE . 17.
... she had been expressly taught . For instance , she knew little of spelling , and nothing of English grammar ; we took no trouble , there- C fore , in dividing our words into syllables , but CHAP . 2. ) MRS . CATHARINE CAPPE . 17.
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... I would give the company a high idea of my father's consequence , and I asked accordingly , if they knew such and such persons , who were my father's curates , mentioning first the gentle- man who C 4 CHAP . 3. ) MRS . CATHARINE CAPPE . 23.
... I would give the company a high idea of my father's consequence , and I asked accordingly , if they knew such and such persons , who were my father's curates , mentioning first the gentle- man who C 4 CHAP . 3. ) MRS . CATHARINE CAPPE . 23.
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... knew that he had no other than Catterick and Long Preston , for he had resigned Skipton , when he removed to Catterick ; and I dreaded exceedingly , lest by some ac- cident , he should hear what I had said , and dis- cover my ...
... knew that he had no other than Catterick and Long Preston , for he had resigned Skipton , when he removed to Catterick ; and I dreaded exceedingly , lest by some ac- cident , he should hear what I had said , and dis- cover my ...
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Ackton acquaintance affliction afterwards amiable anxiety appeared assist attachment attended aunts Badsworth Bedale beloved benevolent brother Cappe Cappe's Catterick cerned CHAPTER character Church circumstances comfort conduct connexions continued conversation countenance Craven daughter dear death delight desire distressing duty effect endeavour engaged exceedingly excellent extremely father favour fortitude fortune give habits happiness Harrogate heard heart honour hope interest Jamaica knew lady late Leeds length letter Lindsey Lindsey's Liverpool living lodgings London Long Preston Lord lord Mulgrave Lord Rockingham manner marriage Memoir ment mentioned mind mother neighbouring never Newry nexions Nostel obtained occasion painful pecuniary persons pleasure possessed racter received resigned respect Sir Rowland Winn sister situation Skipton Sorell sorrow spirits Stank-house strangers suffered talents thing thither thought timate tion treme whilst whole wholly Winn wish York young
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Page 167 - Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I confess before my Father who is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.
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Page 118 - L. having frequently been recognized in the streets of London by some of his former Sunday pupils, who gratefully acknowledged their obligations to him. After evening service, Mr. Lindsey received different classes of young men and women, on alternate Sundays in his study, for the purpose ot instruction ; and Mrs. Lindsey in like manner, in another apartment, had two classes of children, boys and girls alternately.
Page 117 - I WILL extol thee, my God, O king : and I will bless thy name forever and ever. Every day will I bless thee : and I will praise thy name forever and ever. Great is the Lord, 'and greatly to be praised ; and his greatness is unsearchable.
Page 28 - The Lord is my strength and my song, and he is become my salvation; he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Page 465 - Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord: — Yea, saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them
Page 54 - That keep me from myself, and still delay Life's instant business to a future day ; That task which, as we follow or despise, The eldest is a fool, the youngest wise ; Which done, the poorest can no wants endure ; And which not done, the richest must be poor.
Page 452 - Behold, Thou hast made my days as it were a span long, and mine age is even as nothing in respect of Thee ; and verily every man living is altogether vanity. For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain ; he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them. And now, Lord, what is my hope : truly my hope is even in Thee.
Page 376 - It was my happiness in my early youth to enjoy the privilege of his acquaintance and correspondence; and now, after the lapse of more than fifty years, I can truly say, that, in the course of a long life, I have never known an individual of a character more elevated and chivalric, acting according to a purer standard of morals, imbued with a higher sense of honor, and uniting more intimately the qualities of the gentleman, the soldier, the scholar, and the Christian.
Page 118 - Sunday, alternately to catechizing the children of the parish, and to expounding the Bible to the boys of a large school, which was at that time kept in the village. The number of...