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Page 44
... replied I , briefly ; for I felt there was no other comfort for our great sorrow . " And yet , " resumed she , almost in a whisper , as if she thought there was something impious in the assertion which forbade its being uttered aloud ...
... replied I , briefly ; for I felt there was no other comfort for our great sorrow . " And yet , " resumed she , almost in a whisper , as if she thought there was something impious in the assertion which forbade its being uttered aloud ...
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... replied , more in answer to my own train of thought , than to what he had been saying- " She might do worse , certainly , " which the reverend gen- tleman mistaking for an intended epigram , enunciated a most ladylike little " ha , ha ...
... replied , more in answer to my own train of thought , than to what he had been saying- " She might do worse , certainly , " which the reverend gen- tleman mistaking for an intended epigram , enunciated a most ladylike little " ha , ha ...
Page 55
... replied , as I closed the door , and joined the Doctor in the hall . Mina was already there , crying - and endeavouring to ex- plain to him how ill Edith was in her broken English , which was not by any means rendered more intelligible ...
... replied , as I closed the door , and joined the Doctor in the hall . Mina was already there , crying - and endeavouring to ex- plain to him how ill Edith was in her broken English , which was not by any means rendered more intelligible ...
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... replied I ; " but , after all , my dear Mrs. Dunbar , we must recollect that it is more a theoreti- cal vexation than a practical one , for Glenfern would have been equally lost to you and Edith whether it went , in the course of law ...
... replied I ; " but , after all , my dear Mrs. Dunbar , we must recollect that it is more a theoreti- cal vexation than a practical one , for Glenfern would have been equally lost to you and Edith whether it went , in the course of law ...
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... replied I , replacing the packet in her hand . She had no sooner glanced at her brother's well - known hand - writing , in the title - page , than a violent fit of hysterics was the result . I let these natural tears take their course ...
... replied I , replacing the packet in her hand . She had no sooner glanced at her brother's well - known hand - writing , in the title - page , than a violent fit of hysterics was the result . I let these natural tears take their course ...
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Page 519 - Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honour, and keep her in sickness and in health ; and, forsaking all others, keep thee only unto her, so long as ye both shall live ? '< The Man shall answer, I Will.
Page 73 - And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required : and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Page 522 - I, even I, am he that comforteth you: Who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, And of the son of man which shall be made as grass; And forgettest the Lord thy maker, That hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth...
Page 32 - There was a certain creditor which had two debtors, the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me, therefore, which of them will love him most. Simon answered and said, I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. ,A.nd he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
Page 513 - By all the heav'ns thou hast in him, Fair sister of the seraphim! By all of him we have in thee, Leave nothing of myself in me: Let me so read thy life that I Unto all life of mine may die.
Page 474 - Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Page 474 - To have thy asking, yet wait many years; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares ; To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs; To fawn, to crouch, to wait, to ride, to run, To spend, to give, to want, to be undone.
Page 357 - But the other answering rebuked him, saying, , Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this man hath done nothing amiss.
Page 127 - Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Page 33 - And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.