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" ... after some painful considerations on the subject, I climbed up the tree, took all the young birds, and killed them ; supposing that better, than to leave them to pine away and die miserably : and believed, in, this case, that scripture proverb was... "
The Prisoners' Friend: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Criminal Reform ... - Page 168
1849
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The Works of John Woolman: In Two Parts

John Woolman - 1775 - 348 pages
...perim for want of their dam to nourifh them ; and, after fome painful confederations on the fubject, I climbed up the tree, took all the young birds, and killed them ; fuppofing that better than to leave them to pine away and die miferably : and believed, in this cafe,...
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Friends' Library,: Summary of the history, doctrine and discipline of the ...

William Allen - 1832 - 322 pages
...her young. I beheld her lying dead, and thought those young ones, for which she was so careful, must now perish for want of their dam to nourish them ;...fulfilled, " The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel." I then went on my errand, but, for some hours, could think of little else but the cruelties...
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Select Anecdotes and Instructive Incidents: Taken from Publications of ...

John Barclay - 1833 - 200 pages
...foraher young. I beheld her lying dead, and thought those young ones for which she was so careful, must now perish for want of their dam to nourish them ;...climbed up the tree, took all the young birds and killed (.hem ; supposing that better than to leave them to pine away and die miserably ; and believed in this...
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A Journal of the Life and Travels of John Woolman: In the Service of the Gospel

John Woolman - 1838 - 334 pages
...dead, and thought those young ones, for which she was so careful, must now perish for want of iheir dam to nourish them ; and after some painful considerations...was fulfilled, "The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel." I then went on my errand, but, for some hours, could think of little else but the cruelties...
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A Journal of the Life, Gospel Labours, and Christian Experiences of that ...

John Woolman - 1840 - 364 pages
...young ones, for which she was so careful, must now perish for want of their dam to" j- . nourish them. After some painful considerations on the subject,...than to leave them to pine away and die miserably. In this case I believed that scripture proverb was fulfilled, " The tender mercies of the wicked are...
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A Journal of the Life, Gospel Labours, and Christian Experiences of that ...

John Woolman - 1840 - 364 pages
...those young ones, for which she was so careful, must now perish for want of their dam to nourish them. After some painful considerations on the subject,...climbed up the tree, took all the young birds, and kil truth, and I hastened toward destruction. While I meditate on the gulf towards which I travelled,...
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A Journal of the Life, Gospel, Labours and Christian Experiences of that ...

John Woolman - 1845 - 384 pages
...her young. I beheld her lying dead, and thought those young ones, for which she was so careful, must now perish for want of their dam to nourish them ;...fulfilled, " The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel." I then went on my errand, but, for some hours, could think of little else but the cruelties...
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Journal: To which are Added, His Last Epistle, and Other Writings

John Woolman - 1845 - 826 pages
...dead, and thought those young ones, for which she was so careful, must now perish for want of then• dam to nourish them ; and after some painful considerations...fulfilled, " The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel." I then went on my errand, but, for some hours, could think of little else but the cruelties...
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A Journal of the Life, Gospel Labors, and Christian Experiences of that ...

John Woolman - 1845 - 326 pages
...careful, must now perish for want of their dam to nourish them. After some painful considerations on ihe subject, I climbed up the tree, took all the young birds, and killled them; supposing that better than to leave them to pine away and die miserably. In this case...
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Select Miscellanies: Chiefly Illustrative of the History, Christian ...

Wilson Armistead - 1851 - 398 pages
...her young. I beheld her lying dead, and thought those young ones for which she was so careful, must now perish for want of their dam to nourish them:...birds, and killed them ; supposing that better than leaving them to pine away and die miserably ; but believed, in this case, that Scripture proverb was...
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