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... turning grey , I often think of her , and feel drawn all the more towards heaven because she is there . But now for us the toils and dangers of the old year are gone , and a new one lies all before us , to make it , if we are spared to ...
... turning grey , I often think of her , and feel drawn all the more towards heaven because she is there . But now for us the toils and dangers of the old year are gone , and a new one lies all before us , to make it , if we are spared to ...
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... turning head over heels in the mud , which was nearly knee- deep , and drumming a kind of music on their chins with their fists . Sometimes they would almost cling to the carriage- wheels in their eagerness to obtain a small coin . Poor ...
... turning head over heels in the mud , which was nearly knee- deep , and drumming a kind of music on their chins with their fists . Sometimes they would almost cling to the carriage- wheels in their eagerness to obtain a small coin . Poor ...
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... turned that evening to Naples ! On the right was Vesuvius , clear to the very summit , and smok- ing away as if it had been some giant chimney , while purple shadows lay here and there , softening its rugged sides . At its base were ...
... turned that evening to Naples ! On the right was Vesuvius , clear to the very summit , and smok- ing away as if it had been some giant chimney , while purple shadows lay here and there , softening its rugged sides . At its base were ...
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... turned to the balcony in front of St. Peter's , which is already lined with choristers and attendants . As the first stroke of the bell falls on the ear , the cannon thunder forth a salute , the bells peal out again , the soldiers ...
... turned to the balcony in front of St. Peter's , which is already lined with choristers and attendants . As the first stroke of the bell falls on the ear , the cannon thunder forth a salute , the bells peal out again , the soldiers ...
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... turned to her father , held him closely , and whispered , Father , it is in love ! Do be- lieve it . God never does any- thing but in love . And , O , I feel so happy ! " " I will try to find it so , Milly , " he answered , almost heart ...
... turned to her father , held him closely , and whispered , Father , it is in love ! Do be- lieve it . God never does any- thing but in love . And , O , I feel so happy ! " " I will try to find it so , Milly , " he answered , almost heart ...
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Page 137 - Lord, how manifold are thy works ! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts.
Page 44 - Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! — For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.
Page 235 - And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, "Who shall give us flesh to eat? We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Page 129 - And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
Page 44 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Page 107 - Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
Page 179 - I would not have the restless will That hurries to and fro ; Seeking for some great thing to do, Or secret thing to know : I would be treated as a child, And guided where I go.
Page 24 - The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task. Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears And tail cropp'd short, half lurcher and half cur, His dog attends him.
Page 177 - Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes...
Page 3 - And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them ; and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them ; Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not ; for of such is the kingdom of God.