Bessie and Raymond: Or, Incidents Corrected with the Civil War in the United States |
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... Sedgwick went , on the wings of love and sympathy , to the home of her son . When she entered his dwelling , and beheld his wife seated in her cheer- ful sitting - room , with busy fingers and a happy coun- tenance , working for the ...
... Sedgwick went , on the wings of love and sympathy , to the home of her son . When she entered his dwelling , and beheld his wife seated in her cheer- ful sitting - room , with busy fingers and a happy coun- tenance , working for the ...
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... Sedgwick experienced a feeling of relief , as she listened to them . " Do you feel , daughter , that you could submit cheerfully to the trial of parting with Frederic , if he should take up arms , and go forth to fight for his country ...
... Sedgwick experienced a feeling of relief , as she listened to them . " Do you feel , daughter , that you could submit cheerfully to the trial of parting with Frederic , if he should take up arms , and go forth to fight for his country ...
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... Sedgwick , " answered she , " and yet I suppose you feel that you have reason to think I am a teasing girl . " Here she paused , for memory was busy at this moment display- ing many little acts of coquetry of which she had been guilty ...
... Sedgwick , " answered she , " and yet I suppose you feel that you have reason to think I am a teasing girl . " Here she paused , for memory was busy at this moment display- ing many little acts of coquetry of which she had been guilty ...
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... Sedgwick intends going soon ; this very hour I have learned his decision . " " And you mean to let him go , without trying to prevent it , Mrs. Sedgwick ? " " I do , indeed , intend to let him do what he feels to be his duty , in regard ...
... Sedgwick intends going soon ; this very hour I have learned his decision . " " And you mean to let him go , without trying to prevent it , Mrs. Sedgwick ? " " I do , indeed , intend to let him do what he feels to be his duty , in regard ...
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... Sedgwick did not feel disposed to converse with the young lady , in her present mood , and both ladies experienced a sense of relief when the door was opened by Frederic . A hasty glance at the coun- tenance of his wife led him to think ...
... Sedgwick did not feel disposed to converse with the young lady , in her present mood , and both ladies experienced a sense of relief when the door was opened by Frederic . A hasty glance at the coun- tenance of his wife led him to think ...
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Page 357 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.
Page 265 - And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever : it may be a sound — A tone of music, — summer's eve — or spring, A flower — the wind — the Ocean — which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound ; XXIV.
Page 227 - Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood and the downs To the silent wilderness Where the soul need not repress Its music lest it should not find An echo in another's mind, While the touch of Nature's art Harmonizes heart to heart.
Page 241 - I held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things. But who shall so forecast the years And find in loss a gain to match? Or reach a hand thro' time to catch The far-off interest of tears?
Page 174 - In every joy that crowns my days, In every pain I bear, My heart shall find delight in praise, Or seek relief in prayer.
Page 233 - O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united! For in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
Page 210 - Alas ! if we murmur at things like these, That reflection tells us are wise decrees ; That the Wind is not ever a gentle breath, — That the Sun is often the bearer of death, — That the...
Page 184 - Tis Providence alone secures In every change both mine and yours : Safety consists not in escape From dangers of a frightful shape ; An earthquake may be bid to spare The man that's strangled by a hair. Fate steals along with silent tread, Found oftenest in what least we dread, Frowns in the storm with angry brow, But in the sunshine strikes the blow.
Page 137 - O'ER wayward childhood would'st thou hold firm rule, And sun thee in the light of happy faces ; Love, Hope, and Patience, these must be thy graces, And in thine own heart let them first keep school.
Page 402 - The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord.