 | 1823 - 704 pages
...hole of a dike. I soon got many psalms by memory, and longed for a new book. Here difficulties arose. The bible used every night in the family I was not...pleasant book, and I actually went to where I knew an old loose-leaved bible lay, and carried it away in piece-meal. I perfectly remember the strange pleasure... | |
 | Alexander Murray - 1823 - 612 pages
...every night in the family, I was not permitted to open or touch. The rest of the books were put up iu chests. I at length got a New Testament, and read...leaved Bible lay, and carried it away in piecemeal. J perfectly remember the strange pleasure I felt in reading the history of Abraham and of David. I... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1830 - 440 pages
...Catechism, which I did not like, and which I tore into two pieces, and concealed in a hole of a dyke. I soon got many psalms by memory, and longed for a...book ; and I actually went to where I knew an old loose-leaved Bible lay, and carried it away in piece-meal. I perfectly remember the strange pleasure... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1830 - 452 pages
...Catechism, which I did not like, and which I tore into two pieces, and concealed in a hole of a dyke. I soon got many psalms by memory, and longed for a...book ; and I actually went to where I knew an old loose-leaved Bible lay, and carried it away in piece-meal. I perfectly remember the strange pleasure... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1830 - 464 pages
...at length got a New Testament, and read the historical parts with great curiosity and ardour. But 1 longed to read the Bible, which seemed to me a much...book ; and I actually went to where I knew an old loose-leaved Bible lay, and carried it away in piece-meal. I perfectly remember the strange pleasure... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1830 - 452 pages
...at length got a New Testament, and read the historical parts with great curiosity and ardour. But 1 longed to read the Bible, which seemed to me a much...book ; and I actually went to where I knew an old loose-leaved Bible lay, and carried it away in piece-meal. I perfectly remember the strange pleasure... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1834 - 450 pages
...psalms by memory, and longed for a new book. Here difficulties rose. The Bible, used every night m the family, I was not permitted to open or touch....book ; and I actually went to where I knew an old loose-leaved Bible lay, and carried it away in pieee-meal. I perfectly remember the strange pleasure... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 336 pages
...chests. I at length got a New Testament, and read the historical parts with great curiosity and ardor. But I longed to read the Bible, which seemed to me...a much more pleasant book ; and I actually went to a place where I knew an old looseleaved Bible lay, and carried it away in piece-meal. I perfectly remember... | |
 | 1832 - 510 pages
...the historical parts with great curiosity and ardour. But I longed to read the Bible, which deemed to me a much more pleasant book ; and I actually went to where I knew an old loose-leaved Bible lay, and carried it away in piecemeal. I perfectly remember the strange pleasure... | |
 | Exemplary and instructive biography - 1836 - 348 pages
...hole of a dike. I soon got many psalms by memory, and longed for a new book. Here difficulties arose. The Bible, used every night in the family, I was not...pleasant book, and I actually went to where I knew an old loose-leaved Bible lay, and carried it away piecemeal. I perfectly remember the strange pleasure I... | |
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The Bible, used every night in the family, I was not permitted to open or touch. The rest of the books were put up in chests. I at length got a New Testament, and read the historical parts with great curiosity and ardour. But I longed to read the Bible,... 
