My brother's keeper, by Amy Lothrop. By miss WetherellGall & Inglis, 1855 - 300 pages |
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... horse was somethin ' more than common . But he's come , anyway . What's to be done with him ? " " Show him up here , Martha . " And as the door closed , the young lady's eyes came back to the bed by which she sat . A child lay there ...
... horse was somethin ' more than common . But he's come , anyway . What's to be done with him ? " " Show him up here , Martha . " And as the door closed , the young lady's eyes came back to the bed by which she sat . A child lay there ...
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... horse's feet upon the frozen ground . Swiftly on - past houses and stores , the main body of the city , and then the ... horse ; but now and then his wig made a half revolution towards the one adventu- rous row of houses that marked the ...
... horse's feet upon the frozen ground . Swiftly on - past houses and stores , the main body of the city , and then the ... horse ; but now and then his wig made a half revolution towards the one adventu- rous row of houses that marked the ...
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... horse till both were slanted back at no inconsiderable angle . Then the driver got down and clapped his hands once or twice , and the horse shook his head to make sure he was all right again , - -a fact attested by a miserable little ...
... horse till both were slanted back at no inconsiderable angle . Then the driver got down and clapped his hands once or twice , and the horse shook his head to make sure he was all right again , - -a fact attested by a miserable little ...
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... horses were shaking their heads and jingling their bells at his door ; snorting , and pawing the snow , and putting their heads together with every symptom of readiness and impatience , - the white foam frozen in a thick crust upon ...
... horses were shaking their heads and jingling their bells at his door ; snorting , and pawing the snow , and putting their heads together with every symptom of readiness and impatience , - the white foam frozen in a thick crust upon ...
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... horses both here five minutes before the time ! " " You are not going to wear that veil ? " was the abrupt reply . " With your favour , yes . " " I do detest veils ! " said Thornton , impatiently . 66 The man who invented them should ...
... horses both here five minutes before the time ! " " You are not going to wear that veil ? " was the abrupt reply . " With your favour , yes . " " I do detest veils ! " said Thornton , impatiently . 66 The man who invented them should ...
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aint Alie answered apples better breakfast brother Buffem Caleb Williams Captain Pliny child colour comfort dear doctor door dress eyes face feel felt fire gave give glad grave half hand head hear heart Hopper horses Jabin Jerusha KERTCH knew knight of Malta lady Lady apples laughing light little Hulda look Lord ma'am Marion mind Miss Arnet Miss Clinton Miss Clyde Miss Jumps Miss Morsel Miss Rosalie morning mother never night once Penn Raynor pleasant pleasure pretty Quaker Quakeress quiet replied rest Rosalie's round silence sister Skiddy sleep sleigh smile softly sorrow speak spoke stairs stay stood suppose sure sweet talk tell thee there's thing Thornton thou thought to-night told Tom Skiddy took turned voice walk War Hawk watched wind window wish wont words
Popular passages
Page 145 - My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
Page 59 - ... eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his mercy ; To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
Page 81 - 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 189 - 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 127 - In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. And there shall be no more curse...
Page 135 - Silently one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.
Page 145 - For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
Page 81 - And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents : behold I have gained beside them five talents more.
Page 194 - My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Page 164 - Amen ; so let it be : Life from the dead is in that word, 'Tis immortality. Here in the body pent, Absent from Him I roam, Yet nightly pitch my moving tent A day's march nearer home.