Bessie and Raymond: Or, Incidents Corrected with the Civil War in the United States |
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... become of his store ? " was a question often asked , but not at once answered . " How fool- ish , " said some , who could not appreciate his motives of action . " I wouldn't have believed that Raymond Philips would have been such a ...
... become of his store ? " was a question often asked , but not at once answered . " How fool- ish , " said some , who could not appreciate his motives of action . " I wouldn't have believed that Raymond Philips would have been such a ...
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... becomes of me . " " My dear girl , " exclaimed Raymond , " why do you talk so ; what has happened to distress you so ; tell me , do . Do tell us , Bessie , what troubles you , for it pains us to see you so , without 18 BESSIE AND RAYMOND .
... becomes of me . " " My dear girl , " exclaimed Raymond , " why do you talk so ; what has happened to distress you so ; tell me , do . Do tell us , Bessie , what troubles you , for it pains us to see you so , without 18 BESSIE AND RAYMOND .
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... become reconciled . I'll get Minnie to talk with her ; Minnie is a glorious girl , I tell you , Raymond Philips . She strengthens me nobly in my purpose , I assure you . " " All are not constituted alike , Charlie ; I suppose Minnie has ...
... become reconciled . I'll get Minnie to talk with her ; Minnie is a glorious girl , I tell you , Raymond Philips . She strengthens me nobly in my purpose , I assure you . " " All are not constituted alike , Charlie ; I suppose Minnie has ...
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... becoming a soldier , yet did not dream that she could express sen- timents in sincerity , such as she had expressed to Julia at the interview with which we are all familiar . Judge then , reader , of his surprise , when , on being asked ...
... becoming a soldier , yet did not dream that she could express sen- timents in sincerity , such as she had expressed to Julia at the interview with which we are all familiar . Judge then , reader , of his surprise , when , on being asked ...
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... become a soldier's wife ? no never ! There are enough poor miserable fellows , that may as well be shot as not ; but the man who is to be my husband , shall never run the risk of being hit by bullets with my consent . " So Raymond was ...
... become a soldier's wife ? no never ! There are enough poor miserable fellows , that may as well be shot as not ; but the man who is to be my husband , shall never run the risk of being hit by bullets with my consent . " So Raymond was ...
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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.