Ion Lester, by C.H.H.1856 |
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... dear love The messenger from One above , Faint emblem of a better Friend , Who walks with us till life shall end . " THE CATHEDRAL . LONDON : JOSEPH MASTERS , ALDERSGATE STREET , AND NEW BOND STREET . OXFORD : J. H. AND J. PARKER ...
... dear love The messenger from One above , Faint emblem of a better Friend , Who walks with us till life shall end . " THE CATHEDRAL . LONDON : JOSEPH MASTERS , ALDERSGATE STREET , AND NEW BOND STREET . OXFORD : J. H. AND J. PARKER ...
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... dear as the unimaginable glories of Eden , and our humbly hoped for place beside the crystal sea ; and it is in the fellowship of the Holy Church on earth that you must pray to be united in the Communion of the Saints in Heaven . " " I ...
... dear as the unimaginable glories of Eden , and our humbly hoped for place beside the crystal sea ; and it is in the fellowship of the Holy Church on earth that you must pray to be united in the Communion of the Saints in Heaven . " " I ...
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... Dear little Mouse , I have startled you , " said Ion , affectionately passing his arm round the boy's neck , " but not unpleasantly I think , I know you are longing to get home . " " And I am sure that little Mouse will be en- chanted ...
... Dear little Mouse , I have startled you , " said Ion , affectionately passing his arm round the boy's neck , " but not unpleasantly I think , I know you are longing to get home . " " And I am sure that little Mouse will be en- chanted ...
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... dear Georgie , do let Amy show her im- patience in her own way , if it be but small , ” and Sydney Carleton laughed as he watched his wife's proceedings , " I know you may give her credit for having some , though she don't show it as ...
... dear Georgie , do let Amy show her im- patience in her own way , if it be but small , ” and Sydney Carleton laughed as he watched his wife's proceedings , " I know you may give her credit for having some , though she don't show it as ...
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... dear Syd , you should get out of the way , and pray don't talk about young ladies , I am not in a state of mind to remember what kind of be- haviour that title demands , -something very ex- quisite , I have no doubt . I am excited , and ...
... dear Syd , you should get out of the way , and pray don't talk about young ladies , I am not in a state of mind to remember what kind of be- haviour that title demands , -something very ex- quisite , I have no doubt . I am excited , and ...
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ALDERSGATE STREET Alice amusement Arabella asked Aunt Philippa baptismal beautiful Bernard better Bishop of Brechin brother brow calm Cambridge Camden Society Carleton Catechism child Christian Church Church of England Clement Morton course dare say dear boy dear Ion dear Margaret dear William deep devotion Dudley earnest earthly evil exclaimed eyes faith fancy Fcap feel garet Georgie Gilbert glad glance hand hear heard heart holy hope Illingham Ion Lester Ion's Jack Jack's James Loudon Ken's knew ladies Lester Court light look Loudon mamma ment mind Miss Pellew Miss Screwback Montague morning morocco never once Owen pale pathy perhaps poor prayer priest quiet replied returned scarcely seemed silent sister smile soul Spencer spirit sure sympathy talking tell thing thought tion tone Tractarian truth turned uttered voice W. F. Hook Westbourne Willie wish words young
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Page 151 - Abide with me from morn till eve, For without Thee I cannot live ; Abide with me when night is nigh, For without Thee I dare not die.
Page 303 - I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, 1 knew not where; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.
Page 9 - Peace; come away: the song of woe Is after all an earthly song: Peace; come away: we do him wrong To sing so wildly: let us go. Come; let us go: your cheeks are pale; But half my life I leave behind: Methinks my friend is richly shrined; But I shall pass; my work will fail.
Page 27 - To rest beneath the clover sod, That takes the sunshine and the rains, Or where the kneeling hamlet drains The chalice of the grapes of God...
Page 136 - Oh say not, dream not, heavenly notes To childish ears are vain, That the young mind at random floats, And cannot reach the strain. Dim or unheard, the words may fall, And yet the heaven-taught mind May learn the sacred air, and all The harmony unwind.
Page 251 - Ah ! that day of tears and mourning ! From the dust of earth returning, Man for judgment must prepare him ; Spare, O God, in mercy spare him ! Lord, Who didst our souls redeem, Grant a blessed Requiem. Amen.
Page 203 - I cannot see what flowers are at my feet, Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs, But, in embalmed darkness, guess each sweet...
Page 114 - WHENE'ER goes forth Thy dread command, And my last hour is nigh, Lord, grant me in a Christian land As I was born, to die. I pray not, Lord, that friends may be Or kindred standing by, Choice blessing ! which I leave to Thee, To give me, or deny.
Page 191 - THE world's a room of sickness, where each heart Knows its own anguish and unrest ; The truest wisdom there, and noblest art, Is his who skills of comfort best ; Whom by the softest step and gentlest tone Enfeebled spirits own, And love to raise the languid eye, When, like an angel's wing, they feel him fleeting by...