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... fell nearly to her ankles , and her little bare feet gleamed pearly white on the green grass and rank dewy creepers that cluster- ed along the margin of the bubbling spring . Her complexion was unusually transparent , and early exercise ...
... fell nearly to her ankles , and her little bare feet gleamed pearly white on the green grass and rank dewy creepers that cluster- ed along the margin of the bubbling spring . Her complexion was unusually transparent , and early exercise ...
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... fell . When , with horror in her wide - strained eyes and pallor on her lips , the child staggered to the spot and looked on the prostrate form , he was dead . The hazel eyes stared blankly at the sky , and the hue of life and exuberant ...
... fell . When , with horror in her wide - strained eyes and pallor on her lips , the child staggered to the spot and looked on the prostrate form , he was dead . The hazel eyes stared blankly at the sky , and the hue of life and exuberant ...
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... fell upon his pulseless breast . Fearful lest she should touch the icy form , the girl timidly strewed her flowers in the coffin , and tears gathered and dropped with the blossoms , as she noticed a plain gold ring on the little finger ...
... fell upon his pulseless breast . Fearful lest she should touch the icy form , the girl timidly strewed her flowers in the coffin , and tears gathered and dropped with the blossoms , as she noticed a plain gold ring on the little finger ...
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... fell forward senseless on the corpse . They bore her into the adjoining compartment , where the sur- geon administered the usual restoratives , and though finally the pulses stirred and throbbed freely , no symptom of returning con ...
... fell forward senseless on the corpse . They bore her into the adjoining compartment , where the sur- geon administered the usual restoratives , and though finally the pulses stirred and throbbed freely , no symptom of returning con ...
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... fell from the roof of the house which he was shingling , and died from the injuries sus- tained . Thus Mr. Hunt , who had been a widower for nearly ten years , found himself burdened with the care of an infant only six months old . His ...
... fell from the roof of the house which he was shingling , and died from the injuries sus- tained . Thus Mr. Hunt , who had been a widower for nearly ten years , found himself burdened with the care of an infant only six months old . His ...
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Page 192 - 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 130 The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Page 222 - 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 101 - 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 160 - 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 222 - Ah, sad and strange as in dark summer dawns The earliest pipe of half-awaken'd birds To dying ears, when unto dying eyes The casement slowly grows a glimmering square; So sad, so strange, the days that are no more.
Page 11 - 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 341 - 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 341 - 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 320 - Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own; Yearnings she hath in her own natural kind, And even with something of a Mother's mind, And no unworthy aim, The homely Nurse doth all she can To make her Foster-child, her Inmate Man, Forget the glories he hath known, And that imperial palace whence he came. Behold the child among his new-born blisses A sIx years
Page 70 - 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.