St. Elmo: A Novel, Volume 1

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G.W. Dillingham Company, 1896 - Alabama - 571 pages

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I
11
II
24
III
35
IV
46
V
61
VI
75
VII
85
VIII
95
XX
268
XXI
289
XXII
303
XXIII
330
XXIV
345
XXV
359
XXVI
379
XXVII
397

IX
107
X
123
XI
137
XII
153
XIII
166
XIV
181
XV
195
XVI
209
XVII
225
XVIII
238
XIX
253
XXVIII
409
XXIX
428
XXX
444
XXXI
461
XXXII
479
XXXIII
494
XXXIV
506
XXXV
525
XXXVI
536
XXXVII
551

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Page 347 - Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail, That brings our friends up from the underworld, 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 252 - 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 407 - 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.
Page 529 - 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 436 - 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 112 - 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 19 - 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 158 - Then spoke King Arthur, breathing heavily: "What is it thou hast seen? or what hast heard?" And answer made the bold Sir Bedivere: "I heard the water lapping on the crag , And the long ripple washing in the reeds.
Page 442 - But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Page 504 - 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...

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