Claudine; or, Humility the basis of all the virtues, by the author of 'Always happy'. (M.E.B.). |
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... beautiful " Val di Bagne , " was the scene of an awful calamity . In the spring of 1815 , an immense avalanche ( or rather a mass of ice , called a pointe d'aiguille , one of the towering points that rise amidst the seas of ice in the ...
... beautiful " Val di Bagne , " was the scene of an awful calamity . In the spring of 1815 , an immense avalanche ( or rather a mass of ice , called a pointe d'aiguille , one of the towering points that rise amidst the seas of ice in the ...
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... beautiful was the landscape that surrounded the modest mansion of the good pastor . Lofty mountains , capped with snow , rose in the distance ; a clear stream flowed peacefully amidst the valley , paving its borders embellished with ...
... beautiful was the landscape that surrounded the modest mansion of the good pastor . Lofty mountains , capped with snow , rose in the distance ; a clear stream flowed peacefully amidst the valley , paving its borders embellished with ...
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... the towering stem of this graceful plant , its long and narrow leaves , its beautiful spike , so elegantly formed . Very often would she gather an ear of maize , and , seating * herself on the turf in the midst of her 28 CLAUDINE :
... the towering stem of this graceful plant , its long and narrow leaves , its beautiful spike , so elegantly formed . Very often would she gather an ear of maize , and , seating * herself on the turf in the midst of her 28 CLAUDINE :
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... beautiful form of each noble spike , render them a pleasing and gay ornament to the humble dwellings of the poor . Scarcely a peasant but in some spot cultivates a portion of this favourite plant ; the grain of which offers delicious ...
... beautiful form of each noble spike , render them a pleasing and gay ornament to the humble dwellings of the poor . Scarcely a peasant but in some spot cultivates a portion of this favourite plant ; the grain of which offers delicious ...
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... beautiful maxims that we find in the various books we read together . " - " But what can the Bible - offer to please and charm you ? ” — “ Oh ! a thousand passages - a thousand affecting his- tories . What think you of the eventful life ...
... beautiful maxims that we find in the various books we read together . " - " But what can the Bible - offer to please and charm you ? ” — “ Oh ! a thousand passages - a thousand affecting his- tories . What think you of the eventful life ...
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Page 7 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 203 - WINTER EVENINGS AT COLLEGE : a Description of the Manners, Customs, Public Institutions, Religion, and Mysteries, &c. of the Ancient Greeks ; a short Account of the State of Modern Greece ; and Reflections on the Revolutions of Empires. By the Rev. B. TH COLE, Rector of Warbleton, Sussex, formerly Scholar of Trin. Coll. and late Fellow of Magd. Coll. Cambridge. With a frontispiece.