St. Elmo: A NovelHurst, 1910 - 436 pages |
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... feel better this evening ? She plunged her fingers in his thick white hair , and rubbed her round , rosy cheek ... feeling well , and failed to go to his work as usual ; and now , as his grandchild tied her pink calico bonnet under her ...
... feel better this evening ? She plunged her fingers in his thick white hair , and rubbed her round , rosy cheek ... feeling well , and failed to go to his work as usual ; and now , as his grandchild tied her pink calico bonnet under her ...
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... feeling of relief that they finally saw her sink into apathy -into a quiet mental stupor - from which nothing seemed to rouse her . She did not remark Mrs. Hunt's absence , or the presence of the neighbors at her bedside . And one morn ...
... feeling of relief that they finally saw her sink into apathy -into a quiet mental stupor - from which nothing seemed to rouse her . She did not remark Mrs. Hunt's absence , or the presence of the neighbors at her bedside . And one morn ...
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... went out to milk Brindle for the last time . Feeling that they had no right to dictate her future course , neither the miller nor his wife offered any further opposition , and very early the next morning , after ST . ELMO . 27.
... went out to milk Brindle for the last time . Feeling that they had no right to dictate her future course , neither the miller nor his wife offered any further opposition , and very early the next morning , after ST . ELMO . 27.
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... feeling that each instant bore her farther from the dear graves of her dead ; and oppressed with an intolerable sense of desolation and utter isolation in the midst of hundreds of her own race , who were too entirely absorbed in their ...
... feeling that each instant bore her farther from the dear graves of her dead ; and oppressed with an intolerable sense of desolation and utter isolation in the midst of hundreds of her own race , who were too entirely absorbed in their ...
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... feel , Edna ? I believe that is your name . " " Thank you , my head is better , but I am very thirsty . " The lady of the house gave her some ice - water in a silver goblet , and ordered a servant to bring up the refreshments sh had ...
... feel , Edna ? I believe that is your name . " " Thank you , my head is better , but I am very thirsty . " The lady of the house gave her some ice - water in a silver goblet , and ordered a servant to bring up the refreshments sh had ...
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Page 263 - Sad as the last which reddens over one That sinks with all we love below the verge; So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more.
Page 134 - ill be the happiest time of all the glad New-year: To-morrow 'ill be of all the year the maddest merriest day, For I'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I'm to be Queen o
Page 261 - They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between. But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
Page 407 - THE peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord...
Page 189 - More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend? For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.
Page 334 - For God is but a great will pervading all things by nature of its intentness. Man doth not yield himself to the angels, nor unto death utterly, save only through the weakness of his feeble will.
Page 80 - And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them : and they were sore afraid.
Page 227 - Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall...
Page 10 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Page 394 - Enough that blessings undeserved Have marked my erring track ; That wheresoe'er my feet have swerved, His chastening turned me back ; That more and more a providence Of love is understood, Making the springs of time and sense Sweet with eternal good...