Good and Bad Managers ... Three StoriesSeeley&Company, 1874 - 257 páginas |
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... knew . Smith's chil- dren were well fed and well clothed , whilst poor Brown's heart often ached to see his little ones in rags and tatters , shivering with cold , or clamouring for more food than they got . Yet what could he do ? If he ...
... knew . Smith's chil- dren were well fed and well clothed , whilst poor Brown's heart often ached to see his little ones in rags and tatters , shivering with cold , or clamouring for more food than they got . Yet what could he do ? If he ...
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... knew she could depend on receiving a fixed sum for her week's house - expenses - this sum was eighteen shillings , as agreed between them , so that after the rent was paid , which Smith never failed to do , and to take a receipt in the ...
... knew she could depend on receiving a fixed sum for her week's house - expenses - this sum was eighteen shillings , as agreed between them , so that after the rent was paid , which Smith never failed to do , and to take a receipt in the ...
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... knew well the sick provident - fund would never be allowed by her husband to go unpaid ; as Smith and his wife had found the value of that fund once , when the former had been laid up for six weeks with rheumatic fever ; and during that ...
... knew well the sick provident - fund would never be allowed by her husband to go unpaid ; as Smith and his wife had found the value of that fund once , when the former had been laid up for six weeks with rheumatic fever ; and during that ...
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... knew the value . Every hour before noon , she often said , was worth two later in the day , for it was wonderful how much more a woman could get through when all was quiet around her . Breakfast was always ready punctually at half ...
... knew the value . Every hour before noon , she often said , was worth two later in the day , for it was wonderful how much more a woman could get through when all was quiet around her . Breakfast was always ready punctually at half ...
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... knew , you see , what herbs to gather and dry , and would make things taste dain- tyish with them , afore one could think . She would select bits of meat , too , and other things in the way of food , which went the farthest , and yet ...
... knew , you see , what herbs to gather and dry , and would make things taste dain- tyish with them , afore one could think . She would select bits of meat , too , and other things in the way of food , which went the farthest , and yet ...
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asked Bessie Bessie's better Bible bread Brown Buckingham Palace Carter cheap cheerful chil child clean cloth comfort Conyer's Court Crystal Palace dren dress earn eyes father fear feeling felt FLEET STREET flower-making folks friends Gardiner gave give God's habit hand happiness Harry Martin heart helpmate hope husband Jane John Mortimer John Mortimer's Kate Kate Davis Kate's keep kind knew labour latter little girls live look marriage married Martha Mary Mortimer Mary's mind morning mother neat needlework neighbour never night once paid pence penny Phoebe poor pounds prayer promises replied Robert Buchanan Rogers Sabbath Savings Bank shillings a week Smith soon Sunday sure tell there's things thought told took trouble turn wages washing whilst wife Willie woman women Wood words young
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Página 175 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Página 182 - I love them that love me ; And those that seek me early shall find me.
Página 183 - The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down : for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.
Página 142 - The eyes of all wait upon thee ; And thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Página 142 - The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Página 234 - Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Página 255 - Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Página 185 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Página 200 - Lord, honourable ; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words : then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord ; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father : for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Página 234 - Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.