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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... thought as a child , and understood as a child ; " - and those who are taken away early do not know how to express their thoughts in words before they go ; -that we so seldom hear such fancies expressed . Alice - had neither brothers ...
... thought as a child , and understood as a child ; " - and those who are taken away early do not know how to express their thoughts in words before they go ; -that we so seldom hear such fancies expressed . Alice - had neither brothers ...
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... thought they must be staying , and back again ; and then descended to the sands . There they were ! Lady Mary and the old nurse were walking on the shore some dis- tance off , picking up shells and seaweed . Lady Beatrice was sitting in ...
... thought they must be staying , and back again ; and then descended to the sands . There they were ! Lady Mary and the old nurse were walking on the shore some dis- tance off , picking up shells and seaweed . Lady Beatrice was sitting in ...
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... thought was almost more than he could bear ; and yet he had often deeply regretted that she had no com- panions of her own standing ; -the spell must be broken some day , -he would give the letter ! WHYMPER CHAPTER II . WORDSWORTH . MR ...
... thought was almost more than he could bear ; and yet he had often deeply regretted that she had no com- panions of her own standing ; -the spell must be broken some day , -he would give the letter ! WHYMPER CHAPTER II . WORDSWORTH . MR ...
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... basket in his mouth . " Oh , good Jet ! drop it ! Nursey thought I had for- gotten my basket , and so she sent Jet with it , " continued Alice in an explanatory tone . But would you not like to shake hands with my 18 ALICE GRAY .
... basket in his mouth . " Oh , good Jet ! drop it ! Nursey thought I had for- gotten my basket , and so she sent Jet with it , " continued Alice in an explanatory tone . But would you not like to shake hands with my 18 ALICE GRAY .
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... face had brought suddenly to her mind her own former thoughts about her precarious state of health , and she was too scrupulously true to go on with her speech in a common - place way , and too delicate 20 ALICE GRAY .
... face had brought suddenly to her mind her own former thoughts about her precarious state of health , and she was too scrupulously true to go on with her speech in a common - place way , and too delicate 20 ALICE GRAY .
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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.