Alice Gray, Or, The Ministrations of a ChildTwelve-year-old Alice Gray touches the lives of her friends with acts of loving kindness. |
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... seen with her flowers at the garden gate . Alice was a singular child , and given to many lonely feelings and curious fancies , which I believe are very unusual at her age ; and yet , perhaps , it may only be because those who grow up ...
... seen with her flowers at the garden gate . Alice was a singular child , and given to many lonely feelings and curious fancies , which I believe are very unusual at her age ; and yet , perhaps , it may only be because those who grow up ...
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... seen many sick persons in her visits to the cottages ; she knew at once the look that was on Lady Beatrice's face . Lucy Arden , the gardener's daughter , had looked in that same way the spring before ; it was autumn now , and Lucy ...
... seen many sick persons in her visits to the cottages ; she knew at once the look that was on Lady Beatrice's face . Lucy Arden , the gardener's daughter , had looked in that same way the spring before ; it was autumn now , and Lucy ...
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... seen them again ! they have spoken to me ! -I put the flowers in her lap ! only that nurse is so cross ! " " Who ? where ? when ? why ? " said Mr. Gray laughing . " I know so little what you are talking about , that I can hardly ask ...
... seen them again ! they have spoken to me ! -I put the flowers in her lap ! only that nurse is so cross ! " " Who ? where ? when ? why ? " said Mr. Gray laughing . " I know so little what you are talking about , that I can hardly ask ...
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... with her . Alice soon raised herself , being only a little stunned and shaken by the fall , and with her usual thoughtfulness exclaimed , " I am not hurt , Papa , indeed I am not ! " as she saw Mr. Gray ( who had seen the 24 ALICE GRAY .
... with her . Alice soon raised herself , being only a little stunned and shaken by the fall , and with her usual thoughtfulness exclaimed , " I am not hurt , Papa , indeed I am not ! " as she saw Mr. Gray ( who had seen the 24 ALICE GRAY .
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... seen the fall from a little distance ) rushing with headlong speed down the steep cliffs . His first thought had been for his own darling , his second was for Lady Beatrice , who lay pale and senseless before him . Tenderly and ...
... seen the fall from a little distance ) rushing with headlong speed down the steep cliffs . His first thought had been for his own darling , his second was for Lady Beatrice , who lay pale and senseless before him . Tenderly and ...
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Page 30 - For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently ? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
Page 11 - ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL." 7-6. i things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all.
Page 188 - WE watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we...
Page 185 - HERE we suffer grief and pain, Here we meet to part again, In heaven we part no more...
Page 69 - THE day is cold, and dark, and dreary ; It rains, and the wind is never weary ; The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is dark and dreary.
Page 97 - We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best.
Page 28 - The tear, down Childhood's cheek that flows, Is like the dew-drop on the rose ; When next the summer breeze comes by, And waves the bush, the flower is dry.
Page 50 - WHEN is the time for prayer ? With the first beams that light the morning sky, Ere for the toils of day thou dost prepare, Lift up thy thoughts on high; Commend thy loved ones to His watchful care: Morn is the time for prayer.
Page 195 - Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him. Let him know, that he which converteth a sinner from the error of his ways, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins...
Page 195 - Abide with me from morn till eve, For without Thee I cannot live , Abide with me when night is nigh, For without Thee I dare not die.