The Lancasters and their friends, by S.J.F.1876 |
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... asking questions he believed no one could answer but mamma . Peter Parley's Stories were his special favourites . He would read , and pause , and wonder : then communicate the childish ideas to his mother , who with a mother's patience ...
... asking questions he believed no one could answer but mamma . Peter Parley's Stories were his special favourites . He would read , and pause , and wonder : then communicate the childish ideas to his mother , who with a mother's patience ...
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... asked for kiss . Mabel pressed her hot face to her mother's , which was wet with tears , as slowly and with deep emotion , she said— " God bless my darling child . Help her to watch and guard her temper ; help her to look always to Thee ...
... asked for kiss . Mabel pressed her hot face to her mother's , which was wet with tears , as slowly and with deep emotion , she said— " God bless my darling child . Help her to watch and guard her temper ; help her to look always to Thee ...
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... asked to be raised , that she might look out over the sea , now covered with a golden light , thrown by the departing sun over the ever - moving waters , and touching the hill tops with orange and purple sheen . As she sat gazing on the ...
... asked to be raised , that she might look out over the sea , now covered with a golden light , thrown by the departing sun over the ever - moving waters , and touching the hill tops with orange and purple sheen . As she sat gazing on the ...
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... asked . " Well , papa , you know Ann is a tried , true , and faithful girl , and has always behaved so well and con- ducted herself so respectably that she scarcely seems to me an ordinary servant . I should like her to feel how much ...
... asked . " Well , papa , you know Ann is a tried , true , and faithful girl , and has always behaved so well and con- ducted herself so respectably that she scarcely seems to me an ordinary servant . I should like her to feel how much ...
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... asked Ann , her face changing into a rosy smile . " You , and the young master ? " " Yes , I mean it , Ann . I thought you would like it , and will carry with you a loving remembrance of the A GOOD MISTRESS MAKES A GOOD SERVANT . 29.
... asked Ann , her face changing into a rosy smile . " You , and the young master ? " " Yes , I mean it , Ann . I thought you would like it , and will carry with you a loving remembrance of the A GOOD MISTRESS MAKES A GOOD SERVANT . 29.
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Page 159 - One song employs all nations; and all cry, ' Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us!' The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Page 124 - Now, just as the gates were opened to let in the men, I looked in after them, and, behold, the City shone like the sun; the streets also were paved with gold, and in them walked many men, with crowns on their heads, palms in their hands, and golden harps to sing praises withal. There were also of them that had wings, and they answered one another without intermission, saying, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord
Page 45 - MID pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home! A charm from the skies seems to hallow us there, Which seek through the world is ne'er met with elsewhere. Home! home! sweet, sweet home! There's no place like home!
Page 178 - And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed...
Page 214 - A THING of beauty is a joy for ever : Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Page 74 - God shall choose : one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee : thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother. But he shall not multiply horses to himself ; nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses ; forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
Page 124 - Now just as the Gates were opened to let in the men, I looked in after them, and behold, the City shone like the Sun; the Streets also were paved with Gold, and in them walked many men, with Crowns on their heads, Palms in their hands, and golden Harps to sing praises withal. There were also of them that had wings, and they answered one another without intermission, saying, Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord.
Page 189 - Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ...
Page 178 - And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
Page 159 - Rivers of gladness water all the earth, And clothe all climes with beauty ; the reproach Of barrenness is past. The fruitful field Laughs with abundance ; and the land, once lean^ Or fertile only in its own disgrace, Exults to see its thistly curse repeal'd.