The Art of Home-making in City and Country, in Mansion and CottageChristian Herald Bible House, 1898 - 463 pages |
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... once at a certain way- station on a railroad when a beautiful girl entered the car with a package of school books in her hand . She seated herself quite near him , and the man watched with admir- ing eyes during the miles which ...
... once at a certain way- station on a railroad when a beautiful girl entered the car with a package of school books in her hand . She seated herself quite near him , and the man watched with admir- ing eyes during the miles which ...
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... once said , " When I marry , I shall seek the good daughter of a good mother , " and he was not far wrong , because a girl trained up under the guard- ianship of a gentle , Christian mother will probably make a good wife . A man I knew once ...
... once said , " When I marry , I shall seek the good daughter of a good mother , " and he was not far wrong , because a girl trained up under the guard- ianship of a gentle , Christian mother will probably make a good wife . A man I knew once ...
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... once called out to his father , who had mounted his horse for a journey , ' Good - bye , papa , I love you thirty miles long ! ' A little sister quickly added , ' Good - bye , dear papa , you will never ride to the end of my love ...
... once called out to his father , who had mounted his horse for a journey , ' Good - bye , papa , I love you thirty miles long ! ' A little sister quickly added , ' Good - bye , dear papa , you will never ride to the end of my love ...
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... once her feelin's flew , Like sparks in burnt - up paper . He kin ' o ' l'itered on the mat , Some doubtfle o ' the sekle ; His heart kep ' goin ' pity - pat , But hern went pity Zekle . An ' yit she gin her cheer a jerk Ez FALLING IN ...
... once her feelin's flew , Like sparks in burnt - up paper . He kin ' o ' l'itered on the mat , Some doubtfle o ' the sekle ; His heart kep ' goin ' pity - pat , But hern went pity Zekle . An ' yit she gin her cheer a jerk Ez FALLING IN ...
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... once to begin the buying of a home so that he will have a place where the family life may begin on a permanent basis instead of in the nomadic way which many Americans in cities find necessary , the family will be better off from the ...
... once to begin the buying of a home so that he will have a place where the family life may begin on a permanent basis instead of in the nomadic way which many Americans in cities find necessary , the family will be better off from the ...
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Popular passages
Page 424 - Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Page 381 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry ; her clothing is silk and purple. Her husband is known in the gates when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Page 124 - He saw her lift her eyes; he felt The soft hand's light caressing, And heard the tremble of her voice, As if a fault confessing. •I'm sorry that I spelt the word: I hate to go above you, Because...
Page 380 - And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, " Who is David ? and who is the son of Jesse ? there be many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master.
Page 222 - A something, light as air — a look, A word unkind or wrongly taken — Oh! love, that tempests never shook, A breath, a touch like this hath shaken.
Page 381 - Who can find a virtuous woman ? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Page 131 - The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed ; And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Page 124 - The charcoal frescoes on its wall Its door's worn sill, betraying The feet that, creeping slow to school, Went storming out to playing! Long years ago a winter sun Shone over it at setting; Lit up its western window-panes, And low eaves
Page 425 - Still through the cloven skies they come, With peaceful wings unfurled; And still their heavenly music floats O'er all the weary world : Above its sad and lowly plains They bend on heavenly wing, And ever o'er its Babel sounds The blessed angels sing.
Page 381 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed ; her husband also, and he praiseth her.