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... thought suggests itself , What prospect of waking up with a whole skin would there be for any restless mortal who might lay him down at night on such a couch ? Not that any member of the family ever dreamt of seeking sleep or rest on ...
... thought suggests itself , What prospect of waking up with a whole skin would there be for any restless mortal who might lay him down at night on such a couch ? Not that any member of the family ever dreamt of seeking sleep or rest on ...
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... thought him sane ; while others would " poke fun " at him in various ways . One even took the trouble to cut out from a child's picture - book and send to him the coloured caricature of an old virtuoso with the following verses printed ...
... thought him sane ; while others would " poke fun " at him in various ways . One even took the trouble to cut out from a child's picture - book and send to him the coloured caricature of an old virtuoso with the following verses printed ...
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... thought of deliver- ing up the tender little creature to the people at the workhouse ; and as for advertising , it seemed to both John and his wife that this , most probably , would avail nothing . Curiosity would be excited , and their ...
... thought of deliver- ing up the tender little creature to the people at the workhouse ; and as for advertising , it seemed to both John and his wife that this , most probably , would avail nothing . Curiosity would be excited , and their ...
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... thought of guiding their lives by . Such was the visitor whom John Totts found seated in his outer room on his coming in to his dinner on his fifty - first birthday . " Many happy returns of the day , Mr. Totts ! " she exclaimed as he ...
... thought of guiding their lives by . Such was the visitor whom John Totts found seated in his outer room on his coming in to his dinner on his fifty - first birthday . " Many happy returns of the day , Mr. Totts ! " she exclaimed as he ...
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... thought- ful young face , at the time at which we have now arrived , without being struck by its intellectual beauty and deep - seated peace . No doubt the antiquities and quaint curiosities which met Sarah's eyes on all sides , from ...
... thought- ful young face , at the time at which we have now arrived , without being struck by its intellectual beauty and deep - seated peace . No doubt the antiquities and quaint curiosities which met Sarah's eyes on all sides , from ...
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Page 37 - How oft do they their silver bowers leave To come to succour us, that succour want ! How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant, Against foul fiends to aid us militant ! They for us fight, they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant, And all for love, and nothing for reward : Oh, why should heavenly God to men have such regard ?1 This agrees with what is recorded of St.
Page 261 - When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Page 250 - that his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts...
Page 250 - All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth, to such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.
Page 63 - If thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young imagination have kept pure, Stranger ! henceforth be warned ; and know that pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness ; that he who feels contempt For any living thing hath faculties Which he has never used, that thought with him Is in its infancy.
Page 195 - WHAT'S IN A NAME?" "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet ...
Page 15 - ' Hush, my babe, lie still and slumber, Holy angels guard thy bed ; Heavenly blessings, without number, Gently falling on thy head.
Page 99 - ... very despairing and another moment very sanguine. I cannot help it; I was made so. My father has been away for a few days, and yesterday I got a 'piece' from him on the subject of his consent.
Page 200 - the expulsive power of a new affection ; " that is, that he would try and fall in love with some other girl as soon as possible.
Page 129 - I have felt it to be a privilege as well as a duty to do any little service that lay in my power to such a man.