Readings from the Best AuthorsArchibald Hamilton Bryce T. Nelson and sons, 1862 - 331 pages |
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Page 12
... breath . The bishops knelt down and read the commendatory prayer . When it ended William was no more . When his remains were laid out , it was found that he wore next to his skin a small piece of black silk riband . The lords in waiting ...
... breath . The bishops knelt down and read the commendatory prayer . When it ended William was no more . When his remains were laid out , it was found that he wore next to his skin a small piece of black silk riband . The lords in waiting ...
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... breath for a moment , and then in one grand line dashed at the Highlanders . The ground flies beneath their horses ' feet ; gathering speed at every stride , they dash on towards that thin red streak topped with a line of steel . The ...
... breath for a moment , and then in one grand line dashed at the Highlanders . The ground flies beneath their horses ' feet ; gathering speed at every stride , they dash on towards that thin red streak topped with a line of steel . The ...
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... breath it had bent . The two brothers were before their Father ; far beyond the twilight judgments of this world ; high above its mists and obscurities . III . THE VISION OF MIRZA . ( ADDISON . 52 THE BROTHERS DORRIT .
... breath it had bent . The two brothers were before their Father ; far beyond the twilight judgments of this world ; high above its mists and obscurities . III . THE VISION OF MIRZA . ( ADDISON . 52 THE BROTHERS DORRIT .
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... breathing forth fire and smoke in its indignant haste to outstrip the wind . More terrible than the war - horse in Scripture , clothed with louder thun- der , and emitting a cloud of flame and burning coals from his iron nostrils , he ...
... breathing forth fire and smoke in its indignant haste to outstrip the wind . More terrible than the war - horse in Scripture , clothed with louder thun- der , and emitting a cloud of flame and burning coals from his iron nostrils , he ...
Page 105
... million suns , is infinitely less than to you is the minutest mote that floats in the sunbeam . There is a Being in whose breath lives the whole immense of worlds ; who with the faintest wish could blot them all from MAJESTY OF CHRIST .
... million suns , is infinitely less than to you is the minutest mote that floats in the sunbeam . There is a Being in whose breath lives the whole immense of worlds ; who with the faintest wish could blot them all from MAJESTY OF CHRIST .
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