My brother's keeper, by Amy Lothrop. By miss WetherellGall & Inglis, 1855 - 300 pages |
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... answer - that he could see , and none for him to hear . One quick bound of the heart - a bright spot that came and as quickly left her cheek , and she stood there as before , the hands perhaps holding each other in a somewhat firmer ...
... answer - that he could see , and none for him to hear . One quick bound of the heart - a bright spot that came and as quickly left her cheek , and she stood there as before , the hands perhaps holding each other in a somewhat firmer ...
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... answered , " when they brought their sick and laid them down at Jesus ' feet , and besought him that he would heal them . " " I wish you would ask him again , " said the child , wearily closing her eyes , " for my head aches very much ...
... answered , " when they brought their sick and laid them down at Jesus ' feet , and besought him that he would heal them . " " I wish you would ask him again , " said the child , wearily closing her eyes , " for my head aches very much ...
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... answer which the flames gave thereto ; and sometimes her thoughts were held fast for awhile , as the white ashes came over the red coals , and then dropped off , or the sap went singing out at the end of the stick , or the stick itself ...
... answer which the flames gave thereto ; and sometimes her thoughts were held fast for awhile , as the white ashes came over the red coals , and then dropped off , or the sap went singing out at the end of the stick , or the stick itself ...
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... answered with a smile that told very plainly what more she would do . " And by what token , my sage sister , do you ... answer ; and moving away to the fire - place began to pile together the fallen brands - arranging and altering , as ...
... answered with a smile that told very plainly what more she would do . " And by what token , my sage sister , do you ... answer ; and moving away to the fire - place began to pile together the fallen brands - arranging and altering , as ...
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... answered- " I would sometimes forget if I could that she is not here . " She might have filled that mother's place for the way in which she looked at him . And then laying her head on his shoulder , while her hands were clasped about ...
... answered- " I would sometimes forget if I could that she is not here . " She might have filled that mother's place for the way in which she looked at him . And then laying her head on his shoulder , while her hands were clasped about ...
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Page 270 - And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Page 128 - Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in the month of May. The skipper he stood beside the helm...
Page 59 - I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Page 101 - The Lord bless thee, and keep thee : the Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee : the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
Page 270 - And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
Page 102 - What objects are the fountains Of thy happy strain? What fields or waves or mountains? What shapes of sky or plain? What love of thine own kind? what ignorance of pain? With thy clear keen joyance Languor cannot be; Shadow of annoyance Never came near thee; Thou lovest, but ne'er knew love's sad satiety.
Page 21 - Great peace have they that love thy law, and nothing shall offend them.
Page 110 - For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Page 113 - For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
Page 235 - hath * no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it : for the glory of God " doth * lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.