The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church, Volume 7, Parts 37-42; Volume 28John and Charles Mozley, 1869 |
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... seemed ebbing out . But a change came at last , and the danger passed away . Those who have ever tended a helpless stranger for their Saviour's sake , well know the marvellous love that has grown in their hearts towards the object of ...
... seemed ebbing out . But a change came at last , and the danger passed away . Those who have ever tended a helpless stranger for their Saviour's sake , well know the marvellous love that has grown in their hearts towards the object of ...
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... seemed to be eagerly asking questions ; but the mistress could understand her no better than the pupil . ' Poor little soul ! ' she said ; ' she comes from a foreign land . Never mind , Mr. Dykes will talk to her , he knows so many ...
... seemed to be eagerly asking questions ; but the mistress could understand her no better than the pupil . ' Poor little soul ! ' she said ; ' she comes from a foreign land . Never mind , Mr. Dykes will talk to her , he knows so many ...
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... seemed rather awful to him - scarcely less awful indeed than the Rector's grave face when Bill met him . As he came up the garden path , the child sprang to her feet , stretched out her thin brown arms , cried , ' O caro Giacopo ! ' and ...
... seemed rather awful to him - scarcely less awful indeed than the Rector's grave face when Bill met him . As he came up the garden path , the child sprang to her feet , stretched out her thin brown arms , cried , ' O caro Giacopo ! ' and ...
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... seemed so unnatural to him to be doing a thing which was not foolish or bad , that he grew red and dumb under the strange feeling . The child , too , was ' such a lady , ' as Mrs. Lester said , and the foreign tongue which she spoke ...
... seemed so unnatural to him to be doing a thing which was not foolish or bad , that he grew red and dumb under the strange feeling . The child , too , was ' such a lady , ' as Mrs. Lester said , and the foreign tongue which she spoke ...
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... seemed to chill and sadden me , and she made me turn pale , for Charley came running up the glen to join our party , just at that moment , and he said to me , ' Why are you so pale , and where is your brightness vanished to , Lena ...
... seemed to chill and sadden me , and she made me turn pale , for Charley came running up the glen to join our party , just at that moment , and he said to me , ' Why are you so pale , and where is your brightness vanished to , Lena ...
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Page 431 - Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, that he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place." And they gave forth their lots ; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
Page 229 - I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amorist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her Siren Daughters; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 325 - Of His own will begat He us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
Page 546 - He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown; But what fair dell or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown.
Page 317 - For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
Page 518 - I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Page 230 - This also we humbly and earnestly beg, that human things may not prejudice such as are divine ; neither that from the unlocking of the gates of sense, and the kindling of a greater natural light, anything of incredulity, or intellectual night, may arise in our minds towards divine mysteries.
Page 463 - Flowers have time before they come to seed, And she is young, and now must sport the while. And sport, Sweet Maid, in season of these years, And learn to gather flowers before they wither; And where the sweetest blossom first appears, Let Love and Youth conduct thy pleasures thither. Lighten forth smiles to clear the clouded air, And calm the tempest which my sighs do raise; Pity and smiles do best become the fair; Pity and smiles must only yield thee praise. Make me to say when all my griefs are...
Page 233 - I cast anchor ; and, thinking to ride safely, the storm followed me with so impetuous violence that it broke a cable, and I lost my anchor ; and, here again, I was exposed to the mercy of the sea, and the gentleness of an element that could neither distinguish things nor persons : and but that He who...
Page 231 - And like th' old Hebrews many years did stray In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last. The barren wilderness he past, Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land, And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it.