Johndover

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Harper, 1924 - 481 pages
 

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Page 190 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath. That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Page 82 - The mysteries of Hecate, and the night; By .all the operation of the orbs, From whom we do exist, and cease to be ; Here I disclaim all my paternal care, Propinquity and property of blood, And as a stranger to my heart and me Hold thee, from this, for ever.
Page 7 - For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God.
Page 314 - But these are all lies : men have died from time to time and worms have eaten them, but not for love.
Page 480 - George Owen Baxter. Door of Dread, The. Arthur Stringer. Doors of the Night. Frank L. Packard. Dope. Sax Rohmer. Double Traitor, The. E. Phillips Oppenheim. Dust of the Desert. Robert Welles Ritchie. Empty Hands. Arthur Stringer. Empty Pockets. Rupert Hughes. Empty Sack, The. Basil King. Enchanted Canyon. Honore Willsie. Enemies of Women. VB Ibanez. (Photoplay Ed.).
Page 479 - C Of all the amusements which can possibly be imagined for a hard-working man, after his daily toil, or in its intervals, there is nothing like reading an entertaining book.
Page 481 - Bringers, The. Hulbert Footner. Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale. Frank L» Packard, Galusha the Magnificent. Joseph C. Lincoln. Gaspards of Pine Croft, The. Ralph Connor, Gay Year, The. Dorothy Speare. Gift of the Desert Randall Parrish. Girl in the Mirror, The. Elizabeth Jordan. Girl from Kellers, The. Harold Bindloss. Girl Philippa, The. Robert W. Chambers. Girls at His Billet, The. Berta Ruck. Glory) Rides the Range. Ethel and James Dorrance.
Page 21 - These six things doth the Lord hate: Yea, seven are an abomination unto him : A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Page 49 - If meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no meat while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend" — " One believeth that he may eat all things : another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
Page 479 - Nay, it accompanies him to his next day's work, and gives him something to think of besides the mere mechanical drudgery of his every-day occupation — something he can enjoy while absent, and look -forward with pleasure to return to.

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