"Stray Steps"Glens Falls Publishing Company, 1920 - 200 pages |
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Page 18
... wish to behold . The spirit of nonchalance , so common in homes these days , was noticeable on account of its absence at the Adamson domicile . Unconcern as to or indifference parents had the welfare of one another , CHAPTER III .
... wish to behold . The spirit of nonchalance , so common in homes these days , was noticeable on account of its absence at the Adamson domicile . Unconcern as to or indifference parents had the welfare of one another , CHAPTER III .
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... spirit hovers o'er the erring son ; whose kiss is the sweetest of all that lips distill ; whose eyes possess greater splendor than all the brilliancy of the skies ; whose tender love never fades though her eyes may grow dim and their ...
... spirit hovers o'er the erring son ; whose kiss is the sweetest of all that lips distill ; whose eyes possess greater splendor than all the brilliancy of the skies ; whose tender love never fades though her eyes may grow dim and their ...
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... spirit of the young man made this ordeal one of heartache and seriousness to all . Horologically the dial of his eventualities marked an important hour , the approach of which is most dreaded by all fond parents - that moment after ...
... spirit of the young man made this ordeal one of heartache and seriousness to all . Horologically the dial of his eventualities marked an important hour , the approach of which is most dreaded by all fond parents - that moment after ...
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... spirit of the fiery Norsemen accentuated their vocations . A young man in deep thought , with quiet demeanor , was with Annabelle just ahead of the father and mother as they walked back to the Adamson homestead that eventful September ...
... spirit of the fiery Norsemen accentuated their vocations . A young man in deep thought , with quiet demeanor , was with Annabelle just ahead of the father and mother as they walked back to the Adamson homestead that eventful September ...
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... spirit and sentiment as her neatly gloved hand tightened upon the rein or gripped the bridle . If there are female centaurs she became one for the time being and the feelings of the perfect and com- plete overcame her when she sat ...
... spirit and sentiment as her neatly gloved hand tightened upon the rein or gripped the bridle . If there are female centaurs she became one for the time being and the feelings of the perfect and com- plete overcame her when she sat ...
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Page 32 - Be kind to each other, The night's coming on, When friend and when brother Perchance may be gone.
Page 26 - If put to a pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must vilify, condemn, and eternally disparage, why, resign your position, and when you are outside, damn to your heart's content. But, I pray you, so long as you are a part of an institution, do not condemn it. Not that you will injure the institution — -not that — but when you disparage the concern of which you are a part, you disparage yourself.
Page 29 - The glory of young men is their strength : and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
Page 13 - Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of his law. The people assembled ; Mahomet called the hill to come to him again and again ; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit abashed, but said, " If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill.
Page 22 - Rabbis down. But Mary, faithful to its lightest word, Kept in her heart the sayings she had heard, Till the dread morning rent the Temple's veil, And shuddering Earth confirmed the wondrous tale. Youth fades ; love droops ; the leaves of friendship fall . A mother's secret hope outlives them all.
Page 182 - All false appearance as became a Queen. The worst of me is known, and I can say, That I am better than the fame I bear.
Page 21 - And knowledge to the studious sage, And pillow soft to head of age ; To thee dear schoolboy whom my lay Has cheated of his hour of play, Light task and merry holiday. To all, to each a fair good night And pleasing dreams and slumbers light. But were I to descant upon all the beauties of the British Poets, and give you a quotation from each illustrative of his view of the ideal character of woman, I might detain you till midnight : for...