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Page 11
It seemed tired to death , and soon cried itself to sleep against my bosom . " It had slept there over an hour when I saw my own win- dows . There were lights in them , and I supposed my wife had lit them for my sake ; but when I got ...
It seemed tired to death , and soon cried itself to sleep against my bosom . " It had slept there over an hour when I saw my own win- dows . There were lights in them , and I supposed my wife had lit them for my sake ; but when I got ...
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In the heat of the day , particularly , they will strut along the sunny side of a house with great pomp , fanning them- selves with their expanded wings , and seeming at every turn to admire their own shadows .
In the heat of the day , particularly , they will strut along the sunny side of a house with great pomp , fanning them- selves with their expanded wings , and seeming at every turn to admire their own shadows .
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Doggie , of course , took it all quite coolly , which seemed not what Pussy expected ; while Minnie and her mother laughed heartily at her show of spirit . When she found she could not drive him away , she turned quickly ...
Doggie , of course , took it all quite coolly , which seemed not what Pussy expected ; while Minnie and her mother laughed heartily at her show of spirit . When she found she could not drive him away , she turned quickly ...
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Nor is it in the plains flower or shrub seemed more alone that this gigantic vege- beautiful or more curious than tation is met with ; the sides of the last I had seen . " the mountains are also clothed with trees of enormous size ...
Nor is it in the plains flower or shrub seemed more alone that this gigantic vege- beautiful or more curious than tation is met with ; the sides of the last I had seen . " the mountains are also clothed with trees of enormous size ...
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Naber , touched with his distress , dismounted , led his horse to the spot , and with great difficulty set the seeming beggar on its back . No sooner did Daher feel him- self in the saddle , than he set spurs to the horse and galloped ...
Naber , touched with his distress , dismounted , led his horse to the spot , and with great difficulty set the seeming beggar on its back . No sooner did Daher feel him- self in the saddle , than he set spurs to the horse and galloped ...
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Page 211 - I heard the voice of JESUS say, ' Come unto Me and rest ; Lay down, thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon My Breast ;' I came to JESUS as I was, Weary, and worn, and sad ; I found in Him a resting-place, And He has made me glad. I heard the voice of JESUS say, ' Behold I freely give The living water, thirsty one, Stoop down, and drink, and live...
Page 64 - Neither do men put new wine into old bottles : else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish : but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
Page 194 - ONE by one the sands are flowing, One by one the moments fall ; Some are coming, some are going, Do not strive to grasp them all ! One by one thy duties wait thee, Let thy whole strength go to each, Let no future dreams elate thee, Learn thou first what these can teach. One by one (bright gifts from Heaven) Joys are sent thee here below; Take them readily when given, Ready too to let them go. One by one thy griefs shall meet thee, Do not fear an armed band ; One will fade as others greet thee, Shadows...
Page 32 - The clouds might give abundant rain, The nightly dews might fall, And the herb that keepeth life in man Might yet have drunk them all.
Page 84 - And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
Page 131 - E that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most *• *• High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress : my God ; in him will I trust.
Page 90 - Lover of my soul, Let me to Thy bosom fly, While the nearer waters roll, While the tempest still is high; Hide me, O my Saviour, hide, Till the storm of life is past; Safe into the haven guide, O receive my soul at last.
Page 84 - I will mock when your fear cometh: when your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind: when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon Me, but I will not answer ; they shall seek Me early, but they shall not find Me...
Page 39 - Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
Page 201 - And he urged him to take it ; but he refused. And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules...