The Leisure Hour, Volume 5W. Stevens, printer, 1856 - Great Britain |
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Page 26
... miles from the reservoirs ; and as the ascent is considerable from the banks of the THE SPRIG OF LAVENDER . YES , I have been wearing a sprig of lavender in my coat all day long ! The 26th of September is with me an anniversary day ...
... miles from the reservoirs ; and as the ascent is considerable from the banks of the THE SPRIG OF LAVENDER . YES , I have been wearing a sprig of lavender in my coat all day long ! The 26th of September is with me an anniversary day ...
Page 27
... miles were thus to be passed over ere we could reach our destination . We swept speedily onward ; but as soon as we reached that part of the bay which lies between two lofty mountains , we found our- selves exposed to imminent peril ...
... miles were thus to be passed over ere we could reach our destination . We swept speedily onward ; but as soon as we reached that part of the bay which lies between two lofty mountains , we found our- selves exposed to imminent peril ...
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... miles long and about 20 broad , closely hemmed in by high mountains , among which are the great St. Bernard , the Simplon , the Grimsel , Furca , and others of the Alpine chain , the summits of which are never free from snow . The river ...
... miles long and about 20 broad , closely hemmed in by high mountains , among which are the great St. Bernard , the Simplon , the Grimsel , Furca , and others of the Alpine chain , the summits of which are never free from snow . The river ...
Page 62
... miles from Melbourne , by the map , and a good fifteen miles by the road . It was a day's excursion there and back ; " but perhaps , " said he , " we may get a lift on the way , and at any rate we could take a snug little dinner at the ...
... miles from Melbourne , by the map , and a good fifteen miles by the road . It was a day's excursion there and back ; " but perhaps , " said he , " we may get a lift on the way , and at any rate we could take a snug little dinner at the ...
Page 64
... miles , at the outside , and the fare is £ 3 . They manage to get through in one day , which is very well , considering the roads . In some parts you have to pass through the primitive forest ; and it is no joke to drive four horses ...
... miles , at the outside , and the fare is £ 3 . They manage to get through in one day , which is very well , considering the roads . In some parts you have to pass through the primitive forest ; and it is no joke to drive four horses ...
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Page 245 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys : I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Page 450 - For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
Page 157 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Page 156 - To us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 130 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Page 388 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Page 178 - If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God.
Page 378 - We then as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain ; (for he saith ; I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation...
Page 378 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But (however) if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship thy golden image which thou hast set up.
Page 162 - From generation to generation it shall lie waste ; None shall pass through it for ever and ever. But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it ; The owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: And he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.