Rural Repository, Volumes 24-25W. B. Stoddard, 1848 |
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... heard him explain , " Heavens ! what an angel ! " However , I went on reading ; for know- ing his passion for children , and having seen very lovely child about the house , I concluded this sweet girl was now playing in the garden ...
... heard him explain , " Heavens ! what an angel ! " However , I went on reading ; for know- ing his passion for children , and having seen very lovely child about the house , I concluded this sweet girl was now playing in the garden ...
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... heard of ladies who were forced to leave their country , because they had forged notes to a considerable amount . " Very possibly , " she replied with a look of calm contempt ; " there is no calculating on the probable obliquity of ...
... heard of ladies who were forced to leave their country , because they had forged notes to a considerable amount . " Very possibly , " she replied with a look of calm contempt ; " there is no calculating on the probable obliquity of ...
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... heard what had happened , and I thought it my duty to prepare him for the worst ; not that I concluded she was in any immediate danger , but the transparency of her complexion , and other circumstances , had led me to believe that ...
... heard what had happened , and I thought it my duty to prepare him for the worst ; not that I concluded she was in any immediate danger , but the transparency of her complexion , and other circumstances , had led me to believe that ...
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... heard in any other preacher . The elocution of Whitfield was perfect ; he never faltered , unless when the feeling to which he had wrought himself , overcame him , and then his speech was interrupted by a flow of tears ; some- times the ...
... heard in any other preacher . The elocution of Whitfield was perfect ; he never faltered , unless when the feeling to which he had wrought himself , overcame him , and then his speech was interrupted by a flow of tears ; some- times the ...
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... heard from lips very dear to me that Macdonald was in the town , and that Lord D- had met him ! a widower , lamenting a be- loved wife ! But I felt myself comforted and buoyed up again , when I considered that Mrs. Douglas was no doubt ...
... heard from lips very dear to me that Macdonald was in the town , and that Lord D- had met him ! a widower , lamenting a be- loved wife ! But I felt myself comforted and buoyed up again , when I considered that Mrs. Douglas was no doubt ...
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Page 171 - The path of sorrow, and that path alone, Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown ; No traveller ever reach'd that blest abode, Who found not thorns and briers in his road.
Page 6 - For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Page 191 - There is something in sickness that breaks down the pride of manhood; that softens the heart, and brings it back to the feelings of infancy. Who that has languished, even in advanced life, in sickness and despondency; who that has pined on a weary bed in the neglect and loneliness of a foreign land; but has thought on the mother "that looked on his childhood," that smoothed his pillow, and administered to his helplessness?
Page 71 - Catiline, to remark that his walk was now quick, and again slow, as an indication of a mind revolving something with violent commotion. Thus the story of Melancthon affords a striking lecture on the value of time, by informing us, that when he made an appointment, he expected not only the hour, but the minute to be fixed, that the day might not run out in the idleness of suspense : and...
Page 189 - My success all turned on one maxim. I said, I can do what another man can, and so I am a match for the man with the patterns, and for all the rest of them! Another advantage I had. I was an off-hand man. I made a bargain at once. When I was settled in London the East India Company had 800,000 Ibs.
Page 182 - His descriptions of extended scenes and general effects bring before us the whole magnificence of Nature, whether pleasing or dreadful. The gaiety of Spring, the splendour of Summer, the tranquillity of Autumn, and the horror of Winter, take in their turns possession of the mind.
Page 189 - I could speak nothing but German. On the Thursday I started ; the nearer I got to England the cheaper goods were. As soon as I got to Manchester I laid out all my money, things were so cheap; and I made good profit. I soon found that there were three profits — the raw material, the dyeing, and the manufacturing.
Page 127 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Page 79 - Her rest is broken, the sweet refreshment of sleep is poisoned by melancholy dreams, dry sorrow drinks her blood, until her enfeebled frame sinks under the slightest external injury. Look for her after a little while, and you find friendship weeping over her untimely grave, and wondering that one who but lately glowed with all the radiance of health and beauty, should so speedily be brought down to darkness and the worm.
Page 191 - Oh! there is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that transcends all other affections of the heart. It is neither to be chilled by selfishness, nor daunted by danger, nor weakened by worthlessness, nor stifled by ingratitude.