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... Serena , the flower of the valley , as she is called in a double sense . " " Serena ! " repeated I ; " that is a remarkable name . " " You will not think so when you have seen her , " replied she ; " it seems as if the Almighty himself ...
... Serena , the flower of the valley , as she is called in a double sense . " " Serena ! " repeated I ; " that is a remarkable name . " " You will not think so when you have seen her , " replied she ; " it seems as if the Almighty himself ...
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... Serena came into my mind , as if it had been the literal significa- tion of this sunbeam ; the sunbeam , however , soon died away in the advancing twilight . " Thus - yes , exactly thus ! " said Lars An- ders , with a melancholy smile ...
... Serena came into my mind , as if it had been the literal significa- tion of this sunbeam ; the sunbeam , however , soon died away in the advancing twilight . " Thus - yes , exactly thus ! " said Lars An- ders , with a melancholy smile ...
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... Serena live ? " A smile came over his face , like sunshine in the wood , and he said , " Yes , she is lovely ! " " Tha : I believe , " said I ; " but where does she live " " She lives in the city , and is the handsomest and best girl in ...
... Serena live ? " A smile came over his face , like sunshine in the wood , and he said , " Yes , she is lovely ! " " Tha : I believe , " said I ; " but where does she live " " She lives in the city , and is the handsomest and best girl in ...
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... Serena asked your reader will probably suggest what I have me , in the name of all , to sing " The Flower said . " Gatherer . " I sat down to the piano , and the little band , with oranges in their hands , thronged around me ; their ...
... Serena asked your reader will probably suggest what I have me , in the name of all , to sing " The Flower said . " Gatherer . " I sat down to the piano , and the little band , with oranges in their hands , thronged around me ; their ...
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... Serena prayed us so warmly and earnestly to more interest than in his own ; and so talk they come soon and spend a whole day with them , till coffee comes in , during which meal she that we gave our hands upon it ; and I must con- shows ...
... Serena prayed us so warmly and earnestly to more interest than in his own ; and so talk they come soon and spend a whole day with them , till coffee comes in , during which meal she that we gave our hands upon it ; and I must con- shows ...
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Page 101 - For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: And the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: For, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
Page 121 - And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
Page 38 - There sitteth a dove so white and fair, All on the lily- spray, And she listeneth how, to Jesus Christ, The little children pray. Lightly she spreads her friendly wings, And to heaven's gate hath sped, And unto the Father in heaven she bears The prayers which the children said.
Page 25 - Think on thy husband's worth, on his beautiful noble qualities ! Think also on life, how short it is; how much unavoidable bitterness it possesses, how much which it is easy either to bear or to chase away ; and think how the power of affection can make all things right.
Page 42 - ... on her own shoulders, although she now supports herself on Serena. Since the death of her youngest daughter, she is become somewhat melancholy. This is not observable in her words, but in her frequent sighs. Like her husband, she is universally revered and beloved ; and all agree in this, that a more perfect union than exists between this couple cannot be imagined. Will you see in one little circumstance a miniature picture of the whole ? Every evening the old man himself roasts two apples —...
Page 90 - Take deal, or rather birch, for my coffin, good Master Svensson, and let it be fifty rix-dollars." " Sixty rix-dollars, your honour." "Fifty rix-dollars, Master Svensson; I won't give more ¡ and you may regulate yourself accordingly. Fifty rix-dollars, money of the realm, I say. Not a shilling more; but I invite you to the funeral feast, which my people will hold.
Page 28 - Endeavour always, my children, to please one another ; but at the same time keep God in your thoughts. Lavish not all your love on to-day, for remember that marriage has its to-morrow likewise, and its day after to-morrow too. " Spare, as one may say, fuel for the winter.