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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... and arranging things all the time with a true woman's tact and delicacy of hand , which had seemed the peculiar gift of the motherless girl , ever since she could walk alone . The torn scraps of paper Mr. Gray had ALICE GRAY . 9.
... and arranging things all the time with a true woman's tact and delicacy of hand , which had seemed the peculiar gift of the motherless girl , ever since she could walk alone . The torn scraps of paper Mr. Gray had ALICE GRAY . 9.
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... thing ; quick and easy in all her movements , and possessing the charm of a peculiarly rich sweet voice . She had an instinctive gift of making people comfortable ; -by small efforts , -by tiny gifts , -by meek and gentle 10 ALICE GRAY .
... thing ; quick and easy in all her movements , and possessing the charm of a peculiarly rich sweet voice . She had an instinctive gift of making people comfortable ; -by small efforts , -by tiny gifts , -by meek and gentle 10 ALICE GRAY .
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... things bright and beautiful , All creatures great and small , All things wise and wonderful , The Lord GOD made them all ! " Each little flower that opens , Each little bird that sings ; He made their glowing colours , He made their ...
... things bright and beautiful , All creatures great and small , All things wise and wonderful , The Lord GOD made them all ! " Each little flower that opens , Each little bird that sings ; He made their glowing colours , He made their ...
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... things , ) but I can be quite happy without any new play - fellows ; -that is , I mean , I shall not be much sorry ... thing like opening his child's heart to the world and 14 ALICE GRAY .
... things , ) but I can be quite happy without any new play - fellows ; -that is , I mean , I shall not be much sorry ... thing like opening his child's heart to the world and 14 ALICE GRAY .
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Alice Gray (fict. name.) thing like opening his child's heart to the world and worldly things ; a sending forth , in short , of his own white dove out of her solitary nest , where he had hitherto shielded her from all " appearance of ...
Alice Gray (fict. name.) thing like opening his child's heart to the world and worldly things ; a sending forth , in short , of his own white dove out of her solitary nest , where he had hitherto shielded her from all " appearance of ...
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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.