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... appearance , disposition , and tastes . Whereas I was old for my age , Lilian was young for hers . I was grave and thoughtful , she was light - hearted and careless . I was plain , she was a beauty with dancing blue eyes , sunny hair ...
... appearance , disposition , and tastes . Whereas I was old for my age , Lilian was young for hers . I was grave and thoughtful , she was light - hearted and careless . I was plain , she was a beauty with dancing blue eyes , sunny hair ...
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... gorgeous colours by the sun which had just dis- appeared below the horizon . " I am looking there now , and I will tell you what I see - troubles and difficulties , and dangers , and my brave brother 10 TWO BROTHERS .
... gorgeous colours by the sun which had just dis- appeared below the horizon . " I am looking there now , and I will tell you what I see - troubles and difficulties , and dangers , and my brave brother 10 TWO BROTHERS .
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... appearance on the very best terms . I learnt afterwards that they had met the previous day in the town , just after the arrival of the news , and in their sense of a common disaster they had grasped each other's hands most warmly . From ...
... appearance on the very best terms . I learnt afterwards that they had met the previous day in the town , just after the arrival of the news , and in their sense of a common disaster they had grasped each other's hands most warmly . From ...
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... appearance before any court of that kind . . . . Amongst the worst enemies of the Church of England , and without whose aid the Church Regulation Bill could not be passed - and he liked to call a spade a spade - were the Archbishops ...
... appearance before any court of that kind . . . . Amongst the worst enemies of the Church of England , and without whose aid the Church Regulation Bill could not be passed - and he liked to call a spade a spade - were the Archbishops ...
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... appeared at a cottage gate , and off started both dogs after her , growling and barking with frantic eager- ness . Puss stood her ground bravely with tail erect and threatening aspect , and we watched helplessly . But , presently ...
... appeared at a cottage gate , and off started both dogs after her , growling and barking with frantic eager- ness . Puss stood her ground bravely with tail erect and threatening aspect , and we watched helplessly . But , presently ...
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Page 250 - For what shall it profit a man, if he should gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?
Page 39 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 244 - Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you ; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment.
Page 246 - The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know ; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day...
Page 42 - But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison ; and now do they thrust us out privily ? nay, verily ; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
Page 118 - Some kindly deed the icy hand had wrought; Some gentle word the frozen lips had said; Errands on which the willing feet had sped : The memory of my selfishness and pride, My hasty words, would all be put aside. And so I should be loved and mourned to-night. If I should die to-night, Even hearts estranged would turn once more to me, Recalling other days remorsefully. The eyes that chill me with averted glance Would look upon me as of yore, perchance, And soften, in the old, familiar way. For who could...
Page 247 - And when his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said ; Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did ? But he turned and rebuked them, and said ; Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
Page 175 - And there shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie : but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Page 245 - And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day...
Page 245 - From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the Lord hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.