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... most melancholy occasion , for he had been universally beloved , and was allowed , by all who knew him , to be the best fellow upon earth . ' 6 Captain Pierrepoint frequently declared that he never was more ' JANE BOUVERIE . 19.
... most melancholy occasion , for he had been universally beloved , and was allowed , by all who knew him , to be the best fellow upon earth . ' 6 Captain Pierrepoint frequently declared that he never was more ' JANE BOUVERIE . 19.
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Catherine Sinclair. CHAPTER III . ' Where'er my foot can tread The earth rings hollow from below , And warns me of her dead . ' J. MONTGOMERY . I was born seventy years ago in Baker Street , London , within the walls of this very room ...
Catherine Sinclair. CHAPTER III . ' Where'er my foot can tread The earth rings hollow from below , And warns me of her dead . ' J. MONTGOMERY . I was born seventy years ago in Baker Street , London , within the walls of this very room ...
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... earth who remembered their countenances , who had shared in their thoughts , or would drop a tear over their graves . Yes ! of all who rejoiced with me in joy , or mourned with me in sorrow , I alone remain . Oh ! how I sometimes long ...
... earth who remembered their countenances , who had shared in their thoughts , or would drop a tear over their graves . Yes ! of all who rejoiced with me in joy , or mourned with me in sorrow , I alone remain . Oh ! how I sometimes long ...
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... earth was without a leaf , and that if he planted weeds they would come up flowers . ' ' Of all the occupations in life , ' said he one day , more seriously , without satiety at the time , or self - reproach afterwards , none is so ...
... earth was without a leaf , and that if he planted weeds they would come up flowers . ' ' Of all the occupations in life , ' said he one day , more seriously , without satiety at the time , or self - reproach afterwards , none is so ...
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... earth . The beggar - girl who asked your alms to - day is a " possible angel , " and her salvation is , in the eye of God , more important than all that wide world we see around . You and I are entrusted with the care of those five im ...
... earth . The beggar - girl who asked your alms to - day is a " possible angel , " and her salvation is , in the eye of God , more important than all that wide world we see around . You and I are entrusted with the care of those five im ...
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Page 145 - As a beam o'er the face of the waters may glow, While the tide runs in darkness and coldness below, So the cheek may be tinged with a warm sunny smile, Though the cold heart to ruin runs darkly the while.
Page 272 - Whom the gods love die young' was said of yore, And many deaths do they escape by this: The death of friends, and that which slays even more — The death of friendship, love, youth, all that is, Except mere breath ; and since the silent shore Awaits at last even those who longest miss The old archer's shafts, perhaps the early grave Which men weep over may be meant to save.
Page 37 - Resign the honours of their form at Winter's stormy blast, And leave the naked leafless plain a desolated waste. 8 Yet soon reviving plants and flow'rs anew shall deck the plain ; The woods shall hear the voice of Spring, and flourish green again.
Page 238 - The churchyard bears an added stone, The fireside shows a vacant chair ! Here sadness dwells and weeps alone, And death displays his banner there ; The life has gone, the breath has fled, And what has been no more shall be ; The well-known form, the welcome tread, Oh ! where are they ? and where is he ? HENRY NEELE.
Page 61 - No where by thee my steps shall be, For ever and for ever. But here will sigh thine alder tree, And here thine aspen shiver; And here by thee will hum the bee, For ever and for ever. A thousand suns will stream on thee, A thousand moons will quiver; But not by thee my steps shall be, For ever and for ever.
Page 238 - OFT o'er my brain does that strange fancy roll Which makes the present (while the flash doth last) Seem a mere semblance of some unknown past Mixed with such feelings, as perplex the soul Self-questioned in her sleep ; and some have said We lived, ere yet this robe of flesh we wore.