Claude Spencer, and Waddles1869 - 16 pages |
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... bed ( she liked doing that ) , she said , " Poor Miss Winn is much worse to - night , and Jane , the servant at the butcher's , told me to - day she would never get better . " " Will she die ? " enquired all in anxious CHAPTER VII. ...
... bed ( she liked doing that ) , she said , " Poor Miss Winn is much worse to - night , and Jane , the servant at the butcher's , told me to - day she would never get better . " " Will she die ? " enquired all in anxious CHAPTER VII. ...
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Mrs. F. Marshall Ward. " Will she die ? " enquired all in anxious whispers . " I suppose so , " answered Ann . " Do you think she will go to Heaven ? " enquired Claude , earnestly . " Well , ” replied Ann , thoughtfully , " I don't know ...
Mrs. F. Marshall Ward. " Will she die ? " enquired all in anxious whispers . " I suppose so , " answered Ann . " Do you think she will go to Heaven ? " enquired Claude , earnestly . " Well , ” replied Ann , thoughtfully , " I don't know ...
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... enquired the sick woman . " Yes , indeed I do , Miss Winn . " " Did you always like to read it , Ann ? ” " Oh ! no , " answered she , " I did'nt know any- thing much about it till the precious children came , but they made me listen to ...
... enquired the sick woman . " Yes , indeed I do , Miss Winn . " " Did you always like to read it , Ann ? ” " Oh ! no , " answered she , " I did'nt know any- thing much about it till the precious children came , but they made me listen to ...
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... enquired . Mr. Spencer tried in vain to speak ; at last he said , with a voice broken by sobs , " Yes , Claude , my boy . Tell her I will try to come the right way . " " And now , good - bye , papa ! May I kiss my sisters , and give ...
... enquired . Mr. Spencer tried in vain to speak ; at last he said , with a voice broken by sobs , " Yes , Claude , my boy . Tell her I will try to come the right way . " " And now , good - bye , papa ! May I kiss my sisters , and give ...
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... enquired I , turning to my little favourite , who as usual was nestled close to my knee . " Oh ! I shall be a lady . " " Very true , " thought I , " sure enough thou wilt ever and always be a lady , in whatever station of life God may ...
... enquired I , turning to my little favourite , who as usual was nestled close to my knee . " Oh ! I shall be a lady . " " Very true , " thought I , " sure enough thou wilt ever and always be a lady , in whatever station of life God may ...
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Page 3 - And he look'd at her and said, " Bring the dress and put it on her, That she wore when she was wed.
Page 50 - Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses!
Page 47 - If I am right, Thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way.
Page 23 - BETWEEN the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupations, That is known as the Children's Hour. I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet.
Page 10 - And shouted but once more aloud, "My father! must I stay?" While o'er him fast, through sail and shroud, The wreathing fires made way. They...
Page 58 - Died on his lips, and their motion revealed what his tongue would have spoken. Vainly he strove to rise ; and Evangeline, kneeling beside him, Kissed his dying lips, and laid his head on her bosom. Sweet was the light of his eyes ; but it suddenly sank into darkness, As when a lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement.
Page 23 - Their graves are severed, far and wide, By mount, and stream, and sea. The same fond mother bent at night O'er each fair sleeping brow ; She had each folded flower in sight — Where are those dreamers now...
Page 60 - Gently the passing spirit fled, Sustained by grace divine ; Oh ! may such grace on me be shed, And make my end like thine.