...strictly ecclesiastical tastes. Both vicars were thoroughly good men, and anxious to do their duty in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call them. And of both the ladies who presided over the twohouseholdsthesamemightbe said, for never was...

...went, she was to all intents and purposes a farmer's daughter, doing her duty with all her heart in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call her. This absence of pretension, together with her constant association with Mrs. Yates, had saved...

...scarcely less gloomy and misguided hermits of early Christendom, when they fled from the duties of that state of life to which it had pleased God to call them, in like manner buried themselves in the fitting seclusion of the tombs. The great masters who...

...did not treat him with scantier reverence than of yore. And yet he was so anxious to do right, and do his duty in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call him ! As to much he was in doubt; but of two things he was quite sure,—that Frank Greystock was a scoundrel,...

...peer or prince of the royal blood, and if ever a man strictly, conscientiously, and thoroughly did his duty in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call him, that man was Private John Swivel. And why is he not still serving his Queen and his country, for he...

...quite a sufficient amount of that commodity to carry him through with credit, and even distinction, in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call him. Such a picture would be a true one. " The Cap'eii" 57 Good nature, carelessness, generosity, good looks,...

...would have been better if he had stayed at home and comforted his bride, and performed his duties in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call him. After many years' begging at the door of the church, he came home. He performed menial services in...

...glamour, we were told to "order ourselves lowly and reverently to all our betters," and to "do our duty in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call us," we accepted the insinuations of unfitness, and leaned back into the shadows to avoid being seen,...

...and the smith reared his children to his trade. Each did his duty, or was adjured to do it, in the "state of life to which it had pleased God to call him." Migration to distant occupations or to foreign lands was but for the adventurous few. The ne'er-do-well...

...and the smith reared his children to his trade. Each did his duty, or was adjured to do it, in the "state of life to which it had pleased God to call him." Migration to distant occupations or to foreign lands was but for the adventurous few. The ne'er-do-well...