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... replied , with the tone of an indolent boy at school , equally reluctant to study , or to recite his lesson . But Beulah , moved with righteous zeal , drew her chair into a line with his , and enveloping the volume in her huge hand ...
... replied , with the tone of an indolent boy at school , equally reluctant to study , or to recite his lesson . But Beulah , moved with righteous zeal , drew her chair into a line with his , and enveloping the volume in her huge hand ...
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... replied that this was the book , which taught the elements of arithmetic to the traitor of that name , who resided in that house for several years , as one of the clerks of her deceased master . Unable to resist , the tempation of ...
... replied that this was the book , which taught the elements of arithmetic to the traitor of that name , who resided in that house for several years , as one of the clerks of her deceased master . Unable to resist , the tempation of ...
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... replied , " who had not rudder ax dem- selves questions , dan hab any body else . Den if you can't answer ' em , no matter ; no body to scold ' bout it . " The ringing of the bell , which on Saturday night , like the old Norman curfew ...
... replied , " who had not rudder ax dem- selves questions , dan hab any body else . Den if you can't answer ' em , no matter ; no body to scold ' bout it . " The ringing of the bell , which on Saturday night , like the old Norman curfew ...
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... replied , " that I have sometimes given to the unworthy . The occurrence of to - day is by no means a solitary one . Yet how can we always dis- criminate , unless we could read the heart ? That suspi- cion , which would guard us against ...
... replied , " that I have sometimes given to the unworthy . The occurrence of to - day is by no means a solitary one . Yet how can we always dis- criminate , unless we could read the heart ? That suspi- cion , which would guard us against ...
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... replied Mrs. Rawson , " for , they were all healthy , and willing to help according to their years . We ate our hum- ble food with a good appetite , and found at night that the " sleep of the labourer is sweet , " and rose in the ...
... replied Mrs. Rawson , " for , they were all healthy , and willing to help according to their years . We ate our hum- ble food with a good appetite , and found at night that the " sleep of the labourer is sweet , " and rose in the ...
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Page 255 - ... THEY sin who tell us Love can die ; With life all other passions fly — All others are but vanity. In heaven ambition cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the vaults of hell ; Earthly these passions of the earth, They perish where they have their birth.
Page 15 - November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh ; The short'ning winter-day is near a close ; The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh ; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose : The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; Th' expectant...
Page 24 - Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Page 177 - For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 234 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the gentiles, and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 153 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 274 - But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life.
Page 105 - Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest station ends in, " Here he lies," And " Dust to dust
Page 236 - YE that do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbours, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways, draw near with faith, and take this Holy Sacrament to your comfort; and make your humble confession to Almighty God, meekly kneeling upon your knees.