St. ElmoCameron & Ferguson, 1885 - 380 pages |
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... live near this place ? " 99 " Yes , sir , very near . " " Is your father at home ? 99 " I have no father , but grandpa has not gone to the shop yet . " " Will you show me the way to the house ? " " Do you wish to carry him there ? " she ...
... live near this place ? " 99 " Yes , sir , very near . " " Is your father at home ? 99 " I have no father , but grandpa has not gone to the shop yet . " " Will you show me the way to the house ? " " Do you wish to carry him there ? " she ...
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... 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 . Yet , O Lord God most holy , O Lord most mighty , O holy and most merciful Saviour , deliver ...
... 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 . Yet , O Lord God most holy , O Lord most mighty , O holy and most merciful Saviour , deliver ...
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... Lives and a worn school copy of Anthon's Classical Dictionary ; and to Edna they proved a literary Ophir of inestimable value and exhaustless interest . Plutarch especially was a Pisgah of letters , whence the vast domain of learning ...
... Lives and a worn school copy of Anthon's Classical Dictionary ; and to Edna they proved a literary Ophir of inestimable value and exhaustless interest . Plutarch especially was a Pisgah of letters , whence the vast domain of learning ...
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... live on anybody's charity ; and besides , all the world is alike to me now , and I want to get out of sight of - of - what shows my sorrow to me every day . I don't love this place now ; it won't let me forget , even for a minute , and ...
... live on anybody's charity ; and besides , all the world is alike to me now , and I want to get out of sight of - of - what shows my sorrow to me every day . I don't love this place now ; it won't let me forget , even for a minute , and ...
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... live child and a dead baby wedged in be- tween these beams ! Are you much hurt , little one ? " " Yes , I believe I am . Please take this log off my feet . " It was a difficult matter , but at length strong arms raised her , carried her ...
... live child and a dead baby wedged in be- tween these beams ! Are you much hurt , little one ? " " Yes , I believe I am . Please take this log off my feet . " It was a difficult matter , but at length strong arms raised her , carried her ...
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Page 351 - 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 284 - 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 170 - 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 120 - I'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I'm to be Queen o' the May. There's many a black black eye, they say, but none so bright as mine; There's Margaret and Mary, there's Kate and Caroline: But none so fair as little Alice in all the land they say, So I'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I'm to be Queen o
Page 351 - And be thou a faithful dispenser of the word of God, and of his holy sacraments; in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Page 14 - 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 324 - ... daily farther from the east Must travel, still is Nature's Priest, And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended; At length the Man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day.
Page 330 - God pity them both! and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall. For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: "It might have been...
Page 337 - 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...
Page 267 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand : for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.