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Page 70
... Lydia , what a dreadful litter ! When are you going to let me brush this room ? What would any lady say to such an untidy place ? " And Mrs. Brooks , looking round , tried to imagine the im- pression that the sight of it would make ...
... Lydia , what a dreadful litter ! When are you going to let me brush this room ? What would any lady say to such an untidy place ? " And Mrs. Brooks , looking round , tried to imagine the im- pression that the sight of it would make ...
Page 71
... Lydia Brooks . " Oh , it looks as if I was busy ; and really so I am . I've had no time to pick up and straighten , " said she , carelessly . " Well , I'd have done it , only you made such a fuss about your pieces ; I wasn't to meddle ...
... Lydia Brooks . " Oh , it looks as if I was busy ; and really so I am . I've had no time to pick up and straighten , " said she , carelessly . " Well , I'd have done it , only you made such a fuss about your pieces ; I wasn't to meddle ...
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... Lydia , " began Mrs. Brooks , " you promised- " " Oh , yes , I know , " interrupted the daughter . “ I'll do that at home ; it won't interfere at all . And , Susan , I'll bring home the pieces of your prints , and your best dress . What ...
... Lydia , " began Mrs. Brooks , " you promised- " " Oh , yes , I know , " interrupted the daughter . “ I'll do that at home ; it won't interfere at all . And , Susan , I'll bring home the pieces of your prints , and your best dress . What ...
Page 73
... Lydia ; " but I shall know better another time . " Susan hoped so , and was going ; but Mrs. Brooks stopped her . " My dear , " said she , kindly , " I like to hear you speak that way , though of course poor Liddy thought you were like ...
... Lydia ; " but I shall know better another time . " Susan hoped so , and was going ; but Mrs. Brooks stopped her . " My dear , " said she , kindly , " I like to hear you speak that way , though of course poor Liddy thought you were like ...
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... Lydia , " said she , hurriedly , " just let Dicky stop here a bit ; Sally's gone an errand , and the doctor's come . " " Oh dear , mother ; I really can't have him here , he does knock everything about so . " But Mrs. Brooks was gone ...
... Lydia , " said she , hurriedly , " just let Dicky stop here a bit ; Sally's gone an errand , and the doctor's come . " " Oh dear , mother ; I really can't have him here , he does knock everything about so . " But Mrs. Brooks was gone ...
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Page 90 - But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil : which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Page 7 - And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship's smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness round all they said ; Till fast declining, one by one, The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling left the mountain's brow.
Page 130 - If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed : for he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
Page 90 - Let your conversation be without covetousness ; and be content with such things as ye have : for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Page 124 - For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Page 124 - One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it.
Page 162 - There are briars besetting every path, That call for patient care ; There is a cross in every lot, And an earnest need for prayer ; But a lowly heart that leans on Thee Is happy anywhere. In a service which Thy will appoints, There are no bonds for me ; For my inmost heart is taught "the truth" That makes Thy children "free;" And a life of self-renouncing love Is a life of liberty.
Page 91 - For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
Page 81 - Just as I am, without one plea, But that thy blood was shed for me, And that thou bidst me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come!
Page 116 - Come unto me, all ye that are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest !" He smiled and wept when he spoke these words.