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... face , black beard and moustache , and features which betokened much good nature mixed with a certain amount of indecision , indicative of feebleness of mind . Miss Brereton was en- gaged in talking to the governess who had chaperoned ...
... face , black beard and moustache , and features which betokened much good nature mixed with a certain amount of indecision , indicative of feebleness of mind . Miss Brereton was en- gaged in talking to the governess who had chaperoned ...
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... face no deeper shadow ever passed than that of a pout or a frown . At last the missing box was found , and all the luggage sent home in a fly with the footman to guard it , while Nina , who had expressed a wish to drive about ...
... face no deeper shadow ever passed than that of a pout or a frown . At last the missing box was found , and all the luggage sent home in a fly with the footman to guard it , while Nina , who had expressed a wish to drive about ...
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... face there was a blank , the priest's was filled with an all - absorbing look of something indescribable , felt rather than understood . Illness was leaving traces on his face which helped to make him look older than he really was ; but ...
... face there was a blank , the priest's was filled with an all - absorbing look of something indescribable , felt rather than understood . Illness was leaving traces on his face which helped to make him look older than he really was ; but ...
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... face deepening . He did not answer at once , —fear lest he should be too hard upon one who had received so little religious teaching , kept him silent , then he said , " These duties require so much solemn thought and considera- tion ...
... face deepening . He did not answer at once , —fear lest he should be too hard upon one who had received so little religious teaching , kept him silent , then he said , " These duties require so much solemn thought and considera- tion ...
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... face in all his works . ( The beauty of his Francesca is so clouded by horror and anguish that it ceases to be the ... faces . " Torre and Lavaine bidding adieu to the body of Elaine ” is again rather disappointing , and argues some ...
... face in all his works . ( The beauty of his Francesca is so clouded by horror and anguish that it ceases to be the ... faces . " Torre and Lavaine bidding adieu to the body of Elaine ” is again rather disappointing , and argues some ...
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Page 478 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 21 - And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest uniil water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
Page 349 - And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii Forum, and the Three Taverns ; whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.
Page 233 - He within himself make pure! but thou, if thou shouldst never see my face again, pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice rise like a fountain for me night and day.
Page 346 - The body lies on its side, the limbs a little drawn up; the hands are delicate and fine, — they are not locked, but crossed at the wrists: the arms are stretched out, The drapery is beautifully modelled, and modestly covers the limbs. The head is enveloped in linen, but the general form is seen, and the artist has contrived to convey by its position, though not offensively, that it is separated from the body.
Page 81 - God gives us love. Something to love He lends us; but, when love is grown To ripeness, that on which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone.
Page 135 - ... endless imagery. Sharing the stillness of the unimpassioned rock, they share also its endurance ; and while the winds of departing spring scatter the white hawthorn...
Page 160 - The path of sorrow, and that path alone, Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown ; No traveller ever reach'd that blest abode, Who found not thorns and briers in his road.
Page 135 - ... on the trembling stones to teach them rest. No words, that I know of, will say what these mosses are. None are delicate enough, none perfect enough, none rich enough.
Page 472 - Strong in the Lord of hosts, And in his mighty power, Who in the strength of Jesus trusts, Is more than conqueror.