True Womanhood: Memorials of Eliza HesselHamilton, Adams, and Company, 1859 - 317 pages |
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... perhaps a sense of weariness , they have hastily turned and embraced each other . This action has discomposed their loose undress , and beneath its graceful foldings you can trace an exquisite figure . The whole is so perfectly natural ...
... perhaps a sense of weariness , they have hastily turned and embraced each other . This action has discomposed their loose undress , and beneath its graceful foldings you can trace an exquisite figure . The whole is so perfectly natural ...
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... perhaps have heard of the celebrated donkey at this castle . The docile creature draws water out of a well three hundred feet deep . He walks within a wheel of immense dimen- sions . It is a most ludicrous sight , and he seems fully con ...
... perhaps have heard of the celebrated donkey at this castle . The docile creature draws water out of a well three hundred feet deep . He walks within a wheel of immense dimen- sions . It is a most ludicrous sight , and he seems fully con ...
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... Perhaps I have puzzled for a long time , and at length , a bright thought , just adapted for the place I wanted it to occupy , has presented itself in clear and dis- tinct revealings to my mind , but ere I could commit it to paper my ...
... Perhaps I have puzzled for a long time , and at length , a bright thought , just adapted for the place I wanted it to occupy , has presented itself in clear and dis- tinct revealings to my mind , but ere I could commit it to paper my ...
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... Perhaps I looked on every- thing with an intensity which might be attributed to the circumstance of my having seen it all in fancy's glass , by the aid of that masterly delineator of men and things , Charles Dickens ; and truly there ...
... Perhaps I looked on every- thing with an intensity which might be attributed to the circumstance of my having seen it all in fancy's glass , by the aid of that masterly delineator of men and things , Charles Dickens ; and truly there ...
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... Perhaps it would be difficult to point to one more worthy of being regarded as a model for the young , than that conducted between these two friends . Scarcely a line of what could justly be denominated " gossip " is to be found in any ...
... Perhaps it would be difficult to point to one more worthy of being regarded as a model for the young , than that conducted between these two friends . Scarcely a line of what could justly be denominated " gossip " is to be found in any ...
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Page 167 - Down the dark future, through long generations, The echoing sounds grow fainter and then cease; And like a bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations, I hear once more the voice of Christ say, "Peace !" Peace ! and no longer from its brazen portals The blast of War's great organ shakes the skies ! But beautiful as songs of the immortals, The holy melodies of love arise.
Page 1 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Page 166 - Were half the power, that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth, bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Page 307 - For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
Page 281 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor perhaps compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —
Page 298 - Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting, get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.
Page 52 - Just as I am — and waiting not To rid my soul of one dark blot, To Thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot, O Lamb of God, I come.
Page 52 - JUST as I am, without one plea. But that thy blood was shed for me, And that thou bid'st me come to thee, O Lamb of God ! I come...
Page 118 - Have not I commanded thee ? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Page 102 - O the one life within us and abroad, Which meets all motion and becomes its soul, A light in sound, a sound-like power in light...