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... better still , kind , honest , warm hearts , modest women with sweet smiles , and true , honest men . Once only in my youth was I there . I remember well , on a bright summer's day , standing on one of the highest of its lofty hills ...
... better still , kind , honest , warm hearts , modest women with sweet smiles , and true , honest men . Once only in my youth was I there . I remember well , on a bright summer's day , standing on one of the highest of its lofty hills ...
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... better than her own life's blood , ' said the kind old lady , taking me in her arms and pressing me to her bosom . Be content to stay at home , laddie , and make her happy . ' 6 6 Oh , that ye will , Willand dear , ' chimed in Aunt ...
... better than her own life's blood , ' said the kind old lady , taking me in her arms and pressing me to her bosom . Be content to stay at home , laddie , and make her happy . ' 6 6 Oh , that ye will , Willand dear , ' chimed in Aunt ...
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... better able to judge what you like than she is , and she can't expect to tie you to her apron - strings all your life , can she ? ' ' No , but she is very kind and good to me , and I'm young yet to leave her and Aunt Bretta . Perhaps ...
... better able to judge what you like than she is , and she can't expect to tie you to her apron - strings all your life , can she ? ' ' No , but she is very kind and good to me , and I'm young yet to leave her and Aunt Bretta . Perhaps ...
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... better keep out of the way , or out of sight . This I have since found the Tempter - that great enemy of man - always does when he can . He does his best to hide the hook with which he angles for souls , as well as to conceal himself ...
... better keep out of the way , or out of sight . This I have since found the Tempter - that great enemy of man - always does when he can . He does his best to hide the hook with which he angles for souls , as well as to conceal himself ...
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... better than being hung on shore , ' he answered with a loud laugh ; and I afterwards found that such had been the fate of his father , who was a noted pirate , and that he himself had enjoyed the doubtful benefit of his instruction for ...
... better than being hung on shore , ' he answered with a loud laugh ; and I afterwards found that such had been the fate of his father , who was a noted pirate , and that he himself had enjoyed the doubtful benefit of his instruction for ...
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Page 199 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Page 79 - There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To take care of the life of poor Jack.
Page 271 - There is many a slip between the cup and the lip, and before the spring much may be changed.
Page 346 - Bear down, d'ye see, To our Admiral's lee ! ' 'No, no,' says the Frenchman, 'that can't be !' ' Then I must lug you along with me !
Page 346 - Frenchman laughed and thought it stuff, But they knew not the handful of men, how tough, On board of the Arethusa. On deck five hundred men did dance, The stoutest they could find in France; We with two hundred did advance On board of the Arethusa. Our captain hailed the Frenchman, 'Ho!