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An Outburst in the Kitchen

Get out of the kitchen, will you; out of it, you whip-scoundrel, who are giving me your cavilling talk amid the platters; march out of the house, you ruin of your master. Upon my faith, if I only live, I'll be soundly re…

Haven PoarchText lesen ↗
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The King's Duty

“In England a king hath little more to do than to make war and give away places; which in plain terms, is to impoverish the nation and set it together by the ears. A pretty business indeed for a man to be allowed 800,000…

Mia SowizralText lesen ↗
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The Covenant Made

the promise of old made unto our blessed Jesus, that He should have the utmost parts of the earth for His possession.2 There was not a greater uproar among the Ephesians, when the Gospel was first brought among them,’…

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The Salem Witch Trials: The Account by Mather

In May 1692, Governor William Phips of Mas- sachusetts appointed a Court of Oyer and Termi- ner (“hear and determine”) in the cases against some nineteen people in Salem accused of witch- craft. Mather had long been…

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The Word of the Serpent

What kind of serpent was there before all the creatures that God made upon the earth; and the serpent said unto the woman: 'Why hath God said that ye shall not eat of any tree in the garden?' And the woman answered: 'Of …

Khalilah ShuaidText lesen ↗
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Divine Providence and Kingship

Because divine providence has ordered in this world that for the direction and common utility of the human lineage the world be constituted by Kingdoms and peoples, with their kings like fathers and shepherds (as Homer h…

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Submitting Homework to Mr. Müller

Dear Mr. Müller, please accept my homework which I am sending attached. I actually had them done for Tuesday an I did present them to you. I did not realize that I should have handed them over to you. and you actually …

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The Rain’s Embrace

Rain is falling all around, It falls on field and tree, It rains on the umbrella here, And on the ships at sea.    by R. L. Stevenson, 1850-1894