The AmuletW. Baynes & Son, and Wightman & Cramp, 1827 - English literature |
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... calm of so many sabbath- evenings , and worked through so many week - days , heed- less alike of sun or storm . And what was the little he knew , or might ever know , when set beside that know- ledge in which his father , and his mother ...
... calm of so many sabbath- evenings , and worked through so many week - days , heed- less alike of sun or storm . And what was the little he knew , or might ever know , when set beside that know- ledge in which his father , and his mother ...
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... clamber . In a few minutes he was by the side of him placed in such jeopardy ; and then , seeming to whisper words of encouragement , descended the rock , and be- all seeched all who were standing there to be calm 12 ALLAN LORIMER .
... clamber . In a few minutes he was by the side of him placed in such jeopardy ; and then , seeming to whisper words of encouragement , descended the rock , and be- all seeched all who were standing there to be calm 12 ALLAN LORIMER .
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all seeched all who were standing there to be calm , for that life would be saved . With that promptitude and ... calm , sedate , and thoughtful eyes had aǹ C expression that seemed no less than angelical ; his few ALLAN 1.ORIMER . 13.
all seeched all who were standing there to be calm , for that life would be saved . With that promptitude and ... calm , sedate , and thoughtful eyes had aǹ C expression that seemed no less than angelical ; his few ALLAN 1.ORIMER . 13.
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... calm character of the whole , might be detected and devoured . In a few weeks it was followed by another equally tranquil ; and the father thought , but durst not utter the thought , from fear that the very sound of the words would ...
... calm character of the whole , might be detected and devoured . In a few weeks it was followed by another equally tranquil ; and the father thought , but durst not utter the thought , from fear that the very sound of the words would ...
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... calm ; penitence had succeeded remorse for all the sins his youth had known , and none are sinless ; and so unappalling now was the thought of death , that there were seasons when he felt that to die would be great gain . But wasted as ...
... calm ; penitence had succeeded remorse for all the sins his youth had known , and none are sinless ; and so unappalling now was the thought of death , that there were seasons when he felt that to die would be great gain . But wasted as ...
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Page 74 - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Page 28 - And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; and the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
Page 353 - And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer...
Page 32 - Traveller, in the stranger's land, Far from thine own household band ; Mourner, haunted by the tone Of a voice from this world gone ; Captive, in whose narrow cell Sunshine hath not leave to dwell ; Sailor, on the darkening sea ; — Lift the heart and bend the knee...
Page 74 - My God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me : forasmuch as before Him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
Page 348 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 64 - Beneath His wheel Back rolls the sea, the mountains reel ! Before their tread His trump is blown, Who speaks in thunder, and 'tis done ! King of the dead ! Oh, not in vain Was thy long pilgrimage of pain ; Oh, not in vain arose thy prayer, When pressed the thorn thy temples bare ; Oh, not in vain the voice that cried, To spare thy...
Page 118 - which has the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come.
Page 64 - The lip, involuntary prayer ; The form still marked with many a stain — Brand of the soil, the scourge, the chain ; The serf of Afric's fiery ground ; The slave, by Indian suns...
Page 122 - Hosannah ! Lord of lords, and King of kings !" Rent, but not prostrate, — stricken, yet sublime, Reckless alike of injuries or time ; Thou unsubdued, in silent majesty, The tempest hast defied, and shalt defy ! The temple of our Sion so shall mock The muttering storm, the very earthquake's shock, Founded, O Christ, on thy eternal rock ! BUMMER EVENING, AT HOME.