The Life of Florence L. Barclay: A Study in Personality |
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... know her thus , I must go back to the early days that left so strong an impression in her mind . And what I tell are just her own memories , told as she told them to me at one time or another — and I ] 13 CHILDHOOD'S MEMORIES.
... know her thus , I must go back to the early days that left so strong an impression in her mind . And what I tell are just her own memories , told as she told them to me at one time or another — and I ] 13 CHILDHOOD'S MEMORIES.
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... tell stories . You're just making it all up . " Benny protested hotly that she did see the Little People and they were real . So Annie gave her a little tin box . " If they are real , " she said , " catch a little man in this . Don't ...
... tell stories . You're just making it all up . " Benny protested hotly that she did see the Little People and they were real . So Annie gave her a little tin box . " If they are real , " she said , " catch a little man in this . Don't ...
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... telling her what to say - Benny probably had far more to say than anyone else . She prepared her speech carefully , moulding her style on that of some local orator she had once heard . When the time came and she was made to stand on a ...
... telling her what to say - Benny probably had far more to say than anyone else . She prepared her speech carefully , moulding her style on that of some local orator she had once heard . When the time came and she was made to stand on a ...
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... telling . She had an instinctive sense that they must be kept apart . Thus , in her novels she never portrayed actual people that she had met always her characters were pure fictions of her ingenious brain . People never believed this ...
... telling . She had an instinctive sense that they must be kept apart . Thus , in her novels she never portrayed actual people that she had met always her characters were pure fictions of her ingenious brain . People never believed this ...
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... telling Charlie the story . " Her next entry , made at Alexandria , records the voyage . " When I woke , at about half - past six , the sun was streaming in through the port - hole . I sat up and looked out . It was glorious ! Blue ...
... telling Charlie the story . " Her next entry , made at Alexandria , records the voyage . " When I woke , at about half - past six , the sun was streaming in through the port - hole . I sat up and looked out . It was glorious ! Blue ...
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Page 154 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Page 33 - But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King ? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified : and they took JESUS, and led him away. And he, bearing his cross, went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha; where they crucified him, and two others with him, on either side one, and JESUS in the midst.
Page 221 - Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, 'Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungred and ye gave me meat, I was thirsty and ye gave me drink, I was a stranger and ye took me in; naked and ye clothed me, I was sick and ye visited me, I was in prison and ye came unto me.
Page 272 - I fear no foe with thee at hand to bless; ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness. Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory? I triumph still, if thou abide with me.
Page 80 - Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest ? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields ; for they are white already to harvest.
Page 300 - Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me ! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea...
Page 80 - The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, 29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
Page 170 - And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying : for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
Page 155 - These wait all upon thee : that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. That thou givest them, they gather : thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
Page 221 - Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?