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... gone by sounded to them the summons , when one or other of the loved ones had to be given back to God , are welcome . But into the home we are about to penetrate , Christmas - time could bring no joy , no pleasure , no hope , no comfort ...
... gone by sounded to them the summons , when one or other of the loved ones had to be given back to God , are welcome . But into the home we are about to penetrate , Christmas - time could bring no joy , no pleasure , no hope , no comfort ...
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... gone off before them . It was the day fixed for the nomination , and the " Lambs " mustered in force . It was a gay day for all such as our vagabond . Watches disappeared from men's pockets like magic . Purses and pocket handkerchiefs ...
... gone off before them . It was the day fixed for the nomination , and the " Lambs " mustered in force . It was a gay day for all such as our vagabond . Watches disappeared from men's pockets like magic . Purses and pocket handkerchiefs ...
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... gone down . Twilight had settled into darkness , and the two vagabonds slept . Presently the stars shone out bright and clear , revealing with almost startling distinctness the two figures under the shadow of the hedge . Nell was curled ...
... gone down . Twilight had settled into darkness , and the two vagabonds slept . Presently the stars shone out bright and clear , revealing with almost startling distinctness the two figures under the shadow of the hedge . Nell was curled ...
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... gone beyond affection , it had been a passion . Their youngest born , their only daughter , the sunbeam which had diffused its radiance through the entire household , thus snatched from them so cruelly , so suddenly . They did not often ...
... gone beyond affection , it had been a passion . Their youngest born , their only daughter , the sunbeam which had diffused its radiance through the entire household , thus snatched from them so cruelly , so suddenly . They did not often ...
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... gone home . For a single instant Tim had been staggered when Mr. Snowden asked the meaning of his closely - cropped hair , until he pretended to recollect he had it shaved when he had the same fever which carried off his poor dear ...
... gone home . For a single instant Tim had been staggered when Mr. Snowden asked the meaning of his closely - cropped hair , until he pretended to recollect he had it shaved when he had the same fever which carried off his poor dear ...
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Page 127 - And he look'd at her and said, " Bring the dress and put it on her, That she wore when she was wed.
Page 174 - Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses!
Page 171 - If I am right, Thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way.
Page 379 - They gathered round him on the fresh green bank, And spoke their kindly words; and, as the sun Rose up in heaven, he knelt among them there, And bowed his head upon his hands to pray.
Page 147 - BETWEEN the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupations, That is known as the Children's Hour. I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet.
Page 134 - And shouted but once more aloud, "My father! must I stay?" While o'er him fast, through sail and shroud, The wreathing fires made way. They...
Page 182 - Died on his lips, and their motion revealed what his tongue would have spoken. Vainly he strove to rise ; and Evangeline, kneeling beside him, Kissed his dying lips, and laid his head on her bosom. Sweet was the light of his eyes ; but it suddenly sank into darkness, As when a lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement.
Page 147 - O'er each fair sleeping brow, She had each folded flower in sight— Where are those dreamers now? One midst the forests of the West, By a dark stream, is laid ; The Indian knows his place of rest Far in the cedar shade. The sea, the blue lone sea, hath one, He lies where pearls lie deep, He was the loved of all, yet none O'er his low bed may weep. One sleeps where southern vines...
Page 384 - Yes," cried the lad with upraised finger, "Ellen Jones is singing what I must do." Mr. Welburn listened, when the clear contralto tones of a girl's voice was heard singing, ' ' Oh ! rest in the Lord ; wait patiently for Him ; and He will give thee Thy heart's desire.
Page 345 - Thy sinless land, Which eye hath never seen. Visions come and go; Shapes of resplendent beauty round me throng, From angel lips I seem to hear the flow Of soft and holy song.