The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church, Volume 8, Parts 43-48John and Charles Mozley, 1869 |
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... thought to spare for the details of Church government in the far west . So Reginald Pecock was left to fret his ardent spirit , or to bewail his presumption , in his chamber at Thorney , apart from the encounter of wits , and deprived ...
... thought to spare for the details of Church government in the far west . So Reginald Pecock was left to fret his ardent spirit , or to bewail his presumption , in his chamber at Thorney , apart from the encounter of wits , and deprived ...
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... thought them to be portraits of Lady Adela , ' replied Dr. Longford , ' but they would appear to have been taken a year or two ago or a younger daughter - only I believe- ' ' Yes , ' said the Countess , in a low voice to her husband ...
... thought them to be portraits of Lady Adela , ' replied Dr. Longford , ' but they would appear to have been taken a year or two ago or a younger daughter - only I believe- ' ' Yes , ' said the Countess , in a low voice to her husband ...
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... thought them perfect perhaps , but she knew them to be only poor blind gropings after the perfect music . For that lives in Heaven . Nella's piece was learned - she was not to play her own thoughts now - and the great day came . There ...
... thought them perfect perhaps , but she knew them to be only poor blind gropings after the perfect music . For that lives in Heaven . Nella's piece was learned - she was not to play her own thoughts now - and the great day came . There ...
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... thought so , when , two days later , a note sealed with a coronet was brought to him . The Duchess of Ventnor hopes that Monsieur Mallet will be able to attend her soirée musicale , on the 5th of June , bringing some of his own charming ...
... thought so , when , two days later , a note sealed with a coronet was brought to him . The Duchess of Ventnor hopes that Monsieur Mallet will be able to attend her soirée musicale , on the 5th of June , bringing some of his own charming ...
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... thoughts came upon her . It was very pleasant to be here , with no work to do but to practise her darling music , and no ... thought that Miss Charteris would say she was doing very wrong ; and yet , how could she set about doing better ...
... thoughts came upon her . It was very pleasant to be here , with no work to do but to practise her darling music , and no ... thought that Miss Charteris would say she was doing very wrong ; and yet , how could she set about doing better ...
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Page 156 - The weird sisters, hand in hand, Posters of the sea and land, Thus do go about, about: Thrice to thine, and thrice to mine, And thrice again, to make up nine.
Page 175 - For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father, with his angels ; and then shall he reward every man according to his works.
Page 2 - For this shall every one that is godly make his prayer unto thee, in a time when thou mayest be found : but in the great waterfloods they shall not come nigh him.
Page 388 - What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it ? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
Page 474 - Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day. Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one ! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here.
Page 472 - And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
Page 524 - O pray for the peace of Jerusalem : they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls : and plenteousness within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sakes : I will wish thee prosperity.
Page 109 - Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven ; which things the angels desire to look into.
Page 495 - O struggling with the darkness all the night, And visited all night by troops of stars, Or when they climb the sky, or when they sink...
Page 109 - Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: For I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them ; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.