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Page 61
... Persons of a thinking mind will often readily and perseveringly devote their attention to acquiring a knowledge of foreign countries . They study with interest the habits and manners of China , Greenland , or Japan , places which they ...
... Persons of a thinking mind will often readily and perseveringly devote their attention to acquiring a knowledge of foreign countries . They study with interest the habits and manners of China , Greenland , or Japan , places which they ...
Page 77
... person near . President Dwight being asked on his death - bed whether he felt willing to die , calmly replied , " My life must answer for me ! " How pleasing to have such an appeal in his power to comfort those friends who had witnessed ...
... person near . President Dwight being asked on his death - bed whether he felt willing to die , calmly replied , " My life must answer for me ! " How pleasing to have such an appeal in his power to comfort those friends who had witnessed ...
Page 82
... persons nursed in the very lap of luxury , ladies especially , many of whom had lived in the most enervating self - indulgence , were suddenly plunged into the utmost extreme of mental and bodily suffering , threatened with an ...
... persons nursed in the very lap of luxury , ladies especially , many of whom had lived in the most enervating self - indulgence , were suddenly plunged into the utmost extreme of mental and bodily suffering , threatened with an ...
Page 85
... persons to their time and opportunities of usefulness or enjoyment is often singularly con- trasted . In early youth , I frequented the house of a relative , who was then , and has ever since been to me , an object of wonder . He seemed ...
... persons to their time and opportunities of usefulness or enjoyment is often singularly con- trasted . In early youth , I frequented the house of a relative , who was then , and has ever since been to me , an object of wonder . He seemed ...
Page 109
... but ill appreciates the awfulness of the transition from one world to another . If they are generally the first to send , in anxious these very persons , however , become seriously ill , ANTICIPATION OF THE LIFE TO COME . 109.
... but ill appreciates the awfulness of the transition from one world to another . If they are generally the first to send , in anxious these very persons , however , become seriously ill , ANTICIPATION OF THE LIFE TO COME . 109.
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Page 121 - FRIEND after friend departs; Who hath not lost a friend? There is no union here of hearts,' That finds not here an end; Were this frail world our only rest, Living or dying, none were blest.
Page 81 - THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign, Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 2 There everlasting spring abides, And never-withering flowers : Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours.
Page 154 - A noble army: men and boys, The matron and the maid ; Around the Saviour's throne rejoice, In robes of light arrayed. They climbed the steep ascent of heaven Through peril, toil, and pain : O God, to us may grace be given To follow in their train.
Page 19 - Historical Treasury; comprising a General Introductory Outline of Universal History, Ancient and Modern, and a Series of separate Histories of every principal Nation that exists ; their Rise, Progress, and Present Condition, the Moral and Social Character of their respective inhabitants, their Religion, Manners and Customs, &c.
Page 18 - A General Dictionary of Geography, Descriptive, Physical, Statistical, and Historical ; forming a complete Gazetteer of the World. By A. KEITH JOHNSTON, FRSE 8vo. 31s. 6d. M'Culloch's Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the various Countries, Places, and principal Natural Objects in the World.
Page 16 - OF PLANTS; Including all the Plants which are now found in, or have been introduced into, Great Britain ; giving their Natural History, accompanied by such descriptions, engraved figures, and elementary details, as may enable a beginner, who is a mere English reader, to discover the name of every Plant which he may find in flower, and acquire all the information respecting it which is useful and interesting.
Page 16 - Encyclopedia of Agriculture : comprising the Theory and Practice of the Valuation, Transfer, Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and of the Cultivation and Economy of the Animal and Vegetable Productions of Agriculture ; Including all the latest Improvements, a general History of Agriculture in all Countries, a Statistical View of its present State, and Suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles.
Page 25 - Lonely, I no longer roam, Like the cloud, the wind, the wave ; Where you dwell, shall be my home, Where you die, shall be my grave...
Page 138 - Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries! Happiest they of human race, To whom God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read, to doubt, or read to scorn.
Page 321 - We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our very hopes belied our fears , Our fears our hopes belied — We thought her dying when she slept And sleeping when she died.