A Noble LifeTauchnitz, 1866 - 286 pages |
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... delight . At the portico of Cairnforth Castle for the first time since the hearse had stood there stood a car- riage . One of those large , roomy , splendid family carriages which were in use many years ago ; looking at it no passer ...
... delight . At the portico of Cairnforth Castle for the first time since the hearse had stood there stood a car- riage . One of those large , roomy , splendid family carriages which were in use many years ago ; looking at it no passer ...
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... delight to the good minister , that soon he forgot the crippled figure the helpless hands that sometimes with fingers , sometimes even with teeth , painfully guided the in- geniously cut forked stick , and the thin face that only too ...
... delight to the good minister , that soon he forgot the crippled figure the helpless hands that sometimes with fingers , sometimes even with teeth , painfully guided the in- geniously cut forked stick , and the thin face that only too ...
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... delight , that her father's expression was brighter and more in- terested than it had been this long time . " Done , Helen ? Well , if my pupil is tired - certainly . " " But I'm not tired , sir . " Helen shook her motherly head ...
... delight , that her father's expression was brighter and more in- terested than it had been this long time . " Done , Helen ? Well , if my pupil is tired - certainly . " " But I'm not tired , sir . " Helen shook her motherly head ...
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... delight . And his quick perception let nothing escape him . He seemed to watch lovingly all nature ; from the grand ... delighted to accom- pany them on these expeditions , was always expecting he would say why had God given these ...
... delight . And his quick perception let nothing escape him . He seemed to watch lovingly all nature ; from the grand ... delighted to accom- pany them on these expeditions , was always expecting he would say why had God given these ...
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... and I have promised to begin Homer with him to - morrow . It does one's heart good to see a boy so fond of his books , " added the minister , warming up into an enthusiasm which delighted the other extremely 62 A NOBLE LIFE .
... and I have promised to begin Homer with him to - morrow . It does one's heart good to see a boy so fond of his books , " added the minister , warming up into an enthusiasm which delighted the other extremely 62 A NOBLE LIFE .
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Alexander Cardross answer baby bairn beautiful Bruce-Montgomerie Cairnforth Castle Campbell Captain Bruce carriage CHARLES EDWARD STUART child clachan cousin dear delight Duncan Earl of Cairnforth Earl's Edinburgh everything eyes face father feel felt friends glad Hamilton hand happy head heart heir Helen Bruce Helen Cardross Helen loved helpless knew lassie last Earl letter little chair live Loch Beg looked Lord Cairn Lord Cairnforth Malcolm Malcolm Campbell Manse maun Menteith mind minister minister's Miss Cardross morning mother nature ness never night Noble noticed once painful papa parish perhaps poor little Earl quiet replied round scarcely Scotch Scotland seemed silent smile soft eyes sometimes sort soul speak strange STUART MONTGOMERIE sweet talk tell tender thing thought told took trouble walked watching whole wish woman wonder ye ken young
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Page 127 - 'When the ear heard me, then it blessed me: and when the eye saw me it gave witness to me: " 'The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 10 - in the dust : Thou madest man, he knows not why; He thinks he was not made to die, And Thou
Page 159 - Better trust all, and be deceived, And weep that trust and that deceiving, Than doubt one heart which, if believed, Had blest one's life with true believing.
Page 65 - Let me fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men,
Page 248 - Would God that I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son — my son!
Page 94 - ate as if they had never eaten in their lives before, and drank
Page 167 - must have in it not only submission but resistance; the fighting against evil and in defence of good; the struggle with divine help to overcome evil with good: and finally the determination not to sit down tamely to misery, but to strive after