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Page v - Twixt Want and Scorn she walked forlorn, And nothing could avail. "No mercy now can clear her brow For this world's peace to pray; For, as love's wild prayer dissolved in air, Her woman's heart gave way! — But the sin forgiven by Christ in Heaven By man is cursed alway!" In this composition we find it difficult to recognize the Willis who has written so many mere "verses of society.
Page 202 - THE AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD. 6. Life Underground; OR, DICK THE COLLIERY BOY. 7. life on the Coast; OR, THE LITTLE FISHER GIRL. 8. Adventures of Two Orphans in London. 9. Early Days on Board a Man-of-War. 10. Walter, the Foundling : A TALE OF OLDEN TIMES. 11. The Tenants of Sunnyside Farm. 12. Holmwood: OR, THE NEW ZEALAND SETTLER.
Page 120 - Her smiles call into exercise the first affections that spring up in our hearts She cherishes and expands the earliest germs of our intellects. She breathes over us her deepest devotions. She lifts our little hands, and teaches our little tongues to lisp in prayer. She watches over us, like a guardian angel, and protects us through all our helpless years, when we know not of her cares and her anxieties on our account.
Page 119 - Where shall we look for those examples of friendship that most adorn our nature, those abiding friendships which trust even when betrayed, and survive all changes of fortune ? Where shall we find the brightest illustrations of filial piety...
Page 68 - Act shall be liable to imprisonment of not more than six months with or without hard labour, or to a penalty not exceeding five pounds, as a court of summary jurisdiction may award, and shall in addition be liable to have his name and house struck off the register.
Page 68 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth He any man. But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Page 59 - It may seem somewhat wild to speak of going out to fetch wanderers home, when so many of those who have already risen up like the prodigal, and are at the very door of the home of penitents, have none to lead them in; but we cannot entirely put out of sight the duty of searching for the lost sheep in the wilderness. It is not enough to wait for the returning wanderers. There is a sort of missionary machinery required, by which especially the beginners in this vicious life might be pleaded with.
Page 66 - ... than one infant, and in case of twins more than two infants, under the age of one year, for the purpose of nursing or maintaining such infants apart from their parents for a longer period than twenty-four hours, except in a house which has been registered as herein provided.
Page 69 - Any person retaining or receiving for hire or reward in that behalf more than one infant under the age of five years...
Page 66 - Health shall cause a Register to be kept, in which shall be entered the Name of every Person applying to register any...