Tales of the sea and landLongman, Green, Brown and Longmans, 1851 - 307 pages |
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... happy in acknowledging the endearing appellation of " Mother , " and I love all children , and regard them as priceless treasures , entrusted to the care and guidance of parents and teachers ; with whom it rests in a great measure to ...
... happy in acknowledging the endearing appellation of " Mother , " and I love all children , and regard them as priceless treasures , entrusted to the care and guidance of parents and teachers ; with whom it rests in a great measure to ...
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... happy ; and as the ship sailed quietly along in the pale moonlight , his thoughts would wander back to the home of his beloved mother and sister , and , the buoyancy of youthful spirits gaining the ascendency over more melancholy ...
... happy ; and as the ship sailed quietly along in the pale moonlight , his thoughts would wander back to the home of his beloved mother and sister , and , the buoyancy of youthful spirits gaining the ascendency over more melancholy ...
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... happy that in the midst of my trials , God has raised me up a friend to cheer me in the path of duty ; to teach me how to correct my faults ; and to sympathise with me in my daily sorrows . God will bless you for it , madam , ' he con ...
... happy that in the midst of my trials , God has raised me up a friend to cheer me in the path of duty ; to teach me how to correct my faults ; and to sympathise with me in my daily sorrows . God will bless you for it , madam , ' he con ...
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... happy children in my " boyhood's home . " We lived at Feltham , Middlesex , in the pretty parsonage - house . It was situated at the end of a long avenue of elm trees , whose arching boughs , meeting over our heads , sheltered us from ...
... happy children in my " boyhood's home . " We lived at Feltham , Middlesex , in the pretty parsonage - house . It was situated at the end of a long avenue of elm trees , whose arching boughs , meeting over our heads , sheltered us from ...
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... happy in the bosom of their heavenly Father . His greatest trial was the illness of my mother ; but before we were all quite well , she was able to leave her chamber , and once again kneel with us at our family altar , to return thanks ...
... happy in the bosom of their heavenly Father . His greatest trial was the illness of my mother ; but before we were all quite well , she was able to leave her chamber , and once again kneel with us at our family altar , to return thanks ...
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Page 204 - The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free; We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea.
Page 186 - My sorrows I then might assuage In the ways of religion and truth, Might learn from the wisdom of age. And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth. 246 Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver or gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Ne'er sigh'd at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appear'd.
Page 187 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? Oh, tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 59 - Kempenfelt is gone; His last sea-fight is fought, His work of glory done. It was not in the battle; No tempest gave the shock; She sprang no fatal leak, She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up Once dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes. Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again Full charged with England's thunder, And plough the distant main:...
Page 13 - JESUS, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow thee ; Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, Thou, from hence, my all shall be : Perish every fond ambition, All I've sought, or hoped, or known ; Yet how rich is my condition ! God and heaven are still my own.
Page 67 - But everybody said," quoth he, "that 'twas a famous victory. My father lived at Blenheim then, yon little stream hard by; they burnt his dwelling to the ground, and he was forced to fly: so with his wife and child he fled, nor had he where to rest his head.
Page 14 - twere not in joy to charm me, Were that joy unmixed with Thee. Soul, then know thy full salvation, Rise o'er sin, and fear, and care; Joy to find in every station Something still to do or bear.
Page 186 - I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own.
Page 13 - Man may trouble and distress me, 'Twill but drive me to Thy breast ; Life with trials hard may press me, Heaven will bring me sweeter rest! O, 'tis not in grief to harm me, While Thy love is left to me ; O, 'twere not in joy to charm me, Were that joy unmixed with Thee.
Page 67 - They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun; But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. "Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, And our good Prince Eugene." "Why 'twas a very wicked thing!" Said little Wilhelmine. "Nay, nay, my little girl," quoth he, "It was a famous victory.