The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church, Volume 13, Issues 73-84John and Charles Mozley, 1857 |
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... give way so entirely with- out resistance , and between laughing , cheering , scolding , covering him up close , and rubbing his hands with her own , she comforted him , so that he could be thankful and cheerful when his father himself ...
... give way so entirely with- out resistance , and between laughing , cheering , scolding , covering him up close , and rubbing his hands with her own , she comforted him , so that he could be thankful and cheerful when his father himself ...
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... give me the best in the house . ' I am sure not ! But , my dear , considering what Ed- mund was , surely they should be gentle , happy thoughts that the room should give you . ' He shuddered , and presently said , ' Do you know what ...
... give me the best in the house . ' I am sure not ! But , my dear , considering what Ed- mund was , surely they should be gentle , happy thoughts that the room should give you . ' He shuddered , and presently said , ' Do you know what ...
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... this was not the right way to begin a reformation , and yet she feared to press the point , know- ing that the one was thought severe , the other timid . ' At least you will give up the book , 34 THE MONTHLY PACKET .
... this was not the right way to begin a reformation , and yet she feared to press the point , know- ing that the one was thought severe , the other timid . ' At least you will give up the book , 34 THE MONTHLY PACKET .
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... give his consent , whenever you can come home as early as you did to - day , come to my dressing - room , out of your sisters ' way , and I will read to you the innocent part , so as to get the story out of your brain . ' 6 ' Very well ...
... give his consent , whenever you can come home as early as you did to - day , come to my dressing - room , out of your sisters ' way , and I will read to you the innocent part , so as to get the story out of your brain . ' 6 ' Very well ...
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... give up his engagement , they vowed they would stay in his house no longer , but would cast him off as a hopeless spendthrift , nor ever lift a finger to help him , let his distress be ever so urgent . His broken promise , they declared ...
... give up his engagement , they vowed they would stay in his house no longer , but would cast him off as a hopeless spendthrift , nor ever lift a finger to help him , let his distress be ever so urgent . His broken promise , they declared ...
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Page 248 - Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible ; even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of GOD of great price.
Page 535 - Wherever in the world I am, In whatsoe'er estate, I have a fellowship with hearts, To keep and cultivate ; And a work of lowly love to do For the Lord on whom I wait.
Page 27 - tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.
Page 16 - Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress : even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us.
Page 347 - Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you ; even as the green herb have I given you all things. But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
Page 545 - MS Here lyeth buried so much as could dye of ANXE, the wife of IZAAK WALTON; Who was a Woman of remarkable prudence, and of the Primitive Piety ; her great, and general, Knowledge being adorned with such true Humility, and blest with so much Christian Meekness as made her worthy of a more memorable monument. She dyed (alas that she is dead !) the 17th of April, 1662, Aged 52. Study to be like her.
Page 27 - Lord, I am not high-minded : I have no proud looks. 2 I do not exercise myself in great matters : which are too high for me. 3 But I refrain my soul, and keep it low, like as a child that is weaned from his mother : yea, my soul is even as a weaned child.
Page 11 - He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
Page 29 - Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat ; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat : for the Lord hath spoken it. 12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house : and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
Page 131 - The warriors of the sacred grave, Who looked to Christ for laws, And perished for the faith they gave Their comrades and the cause ; They perished, in one fate alike, The veteran and the boy, Where'er the regal arm could strike, To torture and destroy : While darkly down the stream of time, Devised by evil fame, Float murmurs of mysterious crime, And tales of secret shame. How oft, when avarice, hate, or pride, Assault some noble band, The outer world, that scorns the side It does not understand,...