Hours at Home, Volume 11Charles Scribner & Company, 1870 - Theology |
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... received their proportionate share of the public money . They were also authorized to apply any surplus in their possession , af- ter paying teachers , to the erection of new buildings . After the expiration of ten years , it was ...
... received their proportionate share of the public money . They were also authorized to apply any surplus in their possession , af- ter paying teachers , to the erection of new buildings . After the expiration of ten years , it was ...
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... it is seeing peo- ple that has made her ill , " Captain Lin- coln replied ; but May only gave one of the scornful half - laughs with which she usually received any expression of an opinion that differed from 1870. ] 23 Hero .
... it is seeing peo- ple that has made her ill , " Captain Lin- coln replied ; but May only gave one of the scornful half - laughs with which she usually received any expression of an opinion that differed from 1870. ] 23 Hero .
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usually received any expression of an opinion that differed from her own , and— " You may not suppose it , but it is far more likely to be the case than anything else , " she said . " I have thought from the first that she would lay ...
usually received any expression of an opinion that differed from her own , and— " You may not suppose it , but it is far more likely to be the case than anything else , " she said . " I have thought from the first that she would lay ...
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... received upon his bearded cheeks the salutes of both . This absurd incident broke down the last shade of ceremony , and the rest of the evening was spent in merrymaking . The zugalove of the women rang out on the night through the ...
... received upon his bearded cheeks the salutes of both . This absurd incident broke down the last shade of ceremony , and the rest of the evening was spent in merrymaking . The zugalove of the women rang out on the night through the ...
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... received so much of man's attention as the moon . Supersti- tion and science , barbarism and civiliza- tion , have alike furnished her with votaries . The observatory of the modern astrono- mer is the scene of vigils more patient and ...
... received so much of man's attention as the moon . Supersti- tion and science , barbarism and civiliza- tion , have alike furnished her with votaries . The observatory of the modern astrono- mer is the scene of vigils more patient and ...
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Page 59 - Little lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee, Gave thee life, and bid thee feed By the stream and o'er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing, woolly, bright; Gave thee such a tender voice, Making all the vales rejoice? Little lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Little lamb, I'll tell thee; Little lamb, I'll tell thee: He is called by thy name, For He calls Himself a Lamb. He is meek, and He is mild, He became a little child. I a child, and thou a lamb,...
Page 55 - When the Sun rises, do you not see a round disk of fire somewhat like a guinea?" "O no, no, I see an innumerable company of the Heavenly host crying, 'Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty".
Page 96 - SKETCHES OF CREATION. Sketches of Creation: a Popular View of some of the Grand Conclusions of the Sciences in reference to the History of Matter and of Life. Together with a Statement of the Intimations of Science respecting the Primordial Condition and the Ultimate Destiny of the Earth and the Solar System. By ALEXANDER WINCHELL, LL.D., Professor of Geology, Zoology, and Botany in the University of Michigan, and Director of the State Geological Survey.
Page 59 - My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O! my soul is white. White as an angel is the English child: But I am black as if bereav'd of light. My mother taught me underneath a tree And sitting down before the heat of day, She took me on her lap and kissed me, And pointing to the east began to say, Look on the rising sun: there God...
Page 185 - You expected bread, and you have got a stone ; break your teeth on it, and don't shriek because the nerves are martyrized : do not doubt that your mental stomach — if you have such a thing — is strong as an ostrich's — the stone will digest.
Page 56 - He led me through his gardens fair, Where all his golden pleasures grow. With sweet May dews my wings were wet, And Phoebus fired my vocal rage; He caught me in his silken net, And shut me in his golden cage. He loves to sit and hear me sing; Then, laughing, sports and plays with me; Then stretches out my golden wing, And mocks my loss of liberty.
Page 99 - We say, let your rogues in novels act like rogues, and your honest men like honest men ; don't let us have any juggling and thimblerigging with virtue and vice, so that, at the end of three volumes, the bewildered reader shall not know which is which...
Page 541 - AY, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck once red with heroes...
Page 57 - My smiles and languished air, By love are driven away; And mournful lean Despair Brings me yew to deck my grave: Such end true lovers have. His face is fair as heaven When springing buds unfold; Oh, why to him was't given, Whose heart is wintry cold?
Page 55 - What? - it will be questioned — when the Sun rises do you not see a round Disk of fire somewhat like a guinea? О no, no, I see an innumerable company of the Heavenly Host crying: Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God Almighty...