 I could not get to read the Bible." " Could not get to read the Bible! how is that?" said Mr. C. The reason was soon ascertained ; there was no copy to which she could gain access, either at her own home, or among her friends, and she was accustomed to...  The Picture Gallery of the Nations - Стр. 151870 - Страниц: 262Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Gray (Grandfather.) - 1858 - Страниц: 434
...with still more earnestness. She looked confused, was silent, and then burst into tears, exclaiming, " The weather, Sir, has been so bad that I could not get to read the Bible." Mr. Charles could not at first conceive her meaning, but soon found that she had no Bible at home ;... | |
 | George Browne - 1859 - Страниц: 580
...repeated Mr. Charles. The child wept, but was still silent. At length she said : " The weather, fir, has been so bad that I could not get to read the Bible !" This remark surprised the good man, and he exclaimed, " Could you not get to read the Bible ? how... | |
 | Favell Lee Mortimer - 1866 - Страниц: 436
...text ? " said the minister. Still she was silent, and soon she burst into tears. At last she said, " The weather, sir, has been so bad that I could not get to read the Bible." The minister could not think what she meant, but soon he found that the child had no Bible at home,... | |
 | Young people - 1871 - Страниц: 686
...eyes, the good minister said, "What is the matter, my child ? " Encouraged by his kindness, the girl replied — " The weather, sir, has been so bad that...read the Bible." " Could not get to read the Bible! Why, what does that mean ? " said Mr. Charles. " Why, sir," answered the child, "we have DO Bible in... | |
 | William Henry Watson (secretary of the Sunday sch. union.) - 1873 - Страниц: 190
...my little girl," repeated Mr. Charles. The child wept, but was still silent. At length, she said, " The weather, sir, has been so bad that I could not get to read the Bible." This remark surprised the good man, and he exclaimed, " Could you not get to read the Bible 1 how was... | |
 | Alfred Gregory - 1877 - Страниц: 236
...little girl ? " repeated Mr. Charles. The child wept, but was still silent. At length she said,— " The weather, sir, has been so bad that I could not...Bible." ' Could not get to read the Bible ! How was that ? " exclaimed Mr. Charles, full of surprise. The reason was soon ascertained. There was no copy to... | |
 | Abel Heywood (and son; ltd.) - 1877 - Страниц: 144
...passage she had heard the previous Sunday. The little maiden hung her head and said, " The weather has been so bad that I could not get to read the Bible." That child had to walk seven miles over the hills to the nearest Bible that was available for her perusal!... | |
 | 1880 - Страниц: 1178
...congregation, and asked her to repeat his last text. The child wept and was silent. At length she said, "The weather, sir, has been so bad that I could not...the Bible." "Could not get to read the Bible? How is that?" The reason was soon ascertained. There was no copy to which she could get access either at... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1880 - Страниц: 272
...into tears. " What, my little girl," he said, " can you not tell me the text ? " At length she said, " The weather, sir, has been so bad, that I could not get to read the Bible ; " and this curious reply elicited the information that, in her neighbourhood, there was no Bible... | |
 | Mrs. Henry H. B. Paull - 1880 - Страниц: 148
...surprise. " Oh, sir," she exclaimed, bursting into tears, " the weather has been so bad, I couldn't get to read the Bible." " Could not get to read the Bible because of the weather," said the clergyman ; " how was that ? " " Please, sir, there's no Welsh Bible... | |
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