The Life, Adventures, and Opinions of Col. George Hanger, Volume 2J. Debrett, 1801 - Great Britain |
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... turn her wheel in his favour , who had but five hundred pounds to begin the world with , that she brought him , by the death and good will of his relations , to great affluence and riches : a most fortunate event for his three sons ...
... turn her wheel in his favour , who had but five hundred pounds to begin the world with , that she brought him , by the death and good will of his relations , to great affluence and riches : a most fortunate event for his three sons ...
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... Turning to an acquaintance near him , he exclaims , " Good God ! Sir , how shocking is the passion that some men have for play ! The extravagance , vice , and profligacy of the men of fashion of the present age , and beyond all belief ...
... Turning to an acquaintance near him , he exclaims , " Good God ! Sir , how shocking is the passion that some men have for play ! The extravagance , vice , and profligacy of the men of fashion of the present age , and beyond all belief ...
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... are both worthy of praise . His in- fluence with the populace might be turn- ed to advantage in these times ; for many had so great a reverence and respect for him as to kiss the skirts of his coat when 75 CHAPTER I. ...
... are both worthy of praise . His in- fluence with the populace might be turn- ed to advantage in these times ; for many had so great a reverence and respect for him as to kiss the skirts of his coat when 75 CHAPTER I. ...
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... turn as culpable : such ogling and peeping through fans at their sweethearts , as is frequently practised , is highly to be censured by every chaste and pious Christian 84 found within the royal purlieus, we might ...
... turn as culpable : such ogling and peeping through fans at their sweethearts , as is frequently practised , is highly to be censured by every chaste and pious Christian 84 found within the royal purlieus, we might ...
Page 94
... turn them into a field of pota- toes . Having thus plainly proved that my system of providing for the children of the poor will not only be advantageous , to the clergy , but also of infinite service to the body politic and military ...
... turn them into a field of pota- toes . Having thus plainly proved that my system of providing for the children of the poor will not only be advantageous , to the clergy , but also of infinite service to the body politic and military ...
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Page 196 - Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
Page 160 - The husband also, by the old law, might give his wife moderate correction ; for, as he is to answer for her misbehaviour, the law thought it reasonable to entrust him with this power of restraining her by domestic chastisement, in the same moderation that a man is allowed to correct his apprentices or children...
Page 214 - ... and they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they go in unto the tent of meeting, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die...
Page 216 - Kingston, who is of that branch of business, to bespeak a pair; and to get him to trust me until my Master sent me money to pay him. I was that day going to London, fully determined to bespeak them, as I rode through the town. However, when I passed the shop I forgot it ; but when I came to London I called on Mr. Croucher, a shoemaker in Shepherd's Market, who told me a parcel was left there for me, but what it was he knew not. I opened it, and behold there was a pair of leather breeches, with a...
Page 214 - Exod. xxviii. 42, 43. By which, and three others, namely, Ezek. xliv. 18; Lev. vi. 10; and Lev. xvi. 4; I saw that it was no crime to mention the word breeches, nor the way in which God sent them to me; Aaron and his sons being clothed entirely by Providence; and as God himself condescended to give orders what they should be made of, and how they should be cut. And I believe the same God ordered mine, as I trust it will appear in the following history. The scripture tells us to call no man master,...
Page 214 - And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.
Page 214 - I hope the reader will excuse nty mentioning the word breeches which I should have avoided, had not this passage of scripture obtruded into my mind just as I had resolved in my own thoughts not to mention this kind providence, of God.
Page 213 - I mounted my horse and rode home : and he turned out as good an animal as ever was rode. I believe this horse was the gift of God, because he tells me in his word that all the beasts of the forest are his, and so are the cattle on a thousand hills. I have often thought that, if my horse could have spoken, he would have had more to say than Balaam's ass; as he might have said, ' I am an answer to my master's prayers, I live by my master's faith, travel with mysteries, and suffer persecution, but I...
Page 315 - I say unto you, whosoever you are, unto whom any one of the preceding characters belong, " ye are of your father the devil, and the works of your father ye do.
Page 215 - ... go naked; and so Israel found it, when God took away his wool and his flax, which he gave to cover their nakedness, and which they prepared for Baal : for which iniquity was their skirts discovered, and their heels made bare, Jer. xiii. 22. I often made very free in my prayers with my invaluable Master for this favour; but he still kept me so amazingly poor that I could not get them at any rate. At last I...