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... appearing at dinner and doing the honours of his house to his guests , who were mostly of a ' fast ' and rollicking description , her shrinking aversion to the whole thing increased . Her greatest pleasure was in sitting on a low stool ...
... appearing at dinner and doing the honours of his house to his guests , who were mostly of a ' fast ' and rollicking description , her shrinking aversion to the whole thing increased . Her greatest pleasure was in sitting on a low stool ...
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... appeared to soften the hearts or awaken the intelligence of the negro race . The holy priest was pained ; but instead of relaxing in his efforts , he only re- doubled his prayers , his fasts , and his morti- fications . After much ...
... appeared to soften the hearts or awaken the intelligence of the negro race . The holy priest was pained ; but instead of relaxing in his efforts , he only re- doubled his prayers , his fasts , and his morti- fications . After much ...
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... appeared like a succession of watery fortifications , the waves dashing madly against the breakers on the point , and hiding the out- line of the coast in a blinding mist of spray . Every instant the wind seemed to increase in violence ...
... appeared like a succession of watery fortifications , the waves dashing madly against the breakers on the point , and hiding the out- line of the coast in a blinding mist of spray . Every instant the wind seemed to increase in violence ...
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... appeared inevitable . The superior , gathering together the weeping children whom she was powerless to save , spoke to them tenderly and yet calmly on submission to the will of God , and accept- ance of whatever He might see fit to send ...
... appeared inevitable . The superior , gathering together the weeping children whom she was powerless to save , spoke to them tenderly and yet calmly on submission to the will of God , and accept- ance of whatever He might see fit to send ...
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... appearance of her friend . But at last Gwladys opened her eyes , drew a long deep breath , and faintly murmured the word , ' Walter . ' It acted on him like an electric shock . He sprung up , and seeing her safe , and surrounded with ...
... appearance of her friend . But at last Gwladys opened her eyes , drew a long deep breath , and faintly murmured the word , ' Walter . ' It acted on him like an electric shock . He sprung up , and seeing her safe , and surrounded with ...
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Page 188 - All was ended now, the hope, and the fear, and the sorrow, All the aching of heart, the restless, unsatisfied longing, All the dull, deep pain, and constant anguish of patience ! And, as she pressed once more the lifeless head to her bosom, Meekly she bowed her own, and murmured,
Page 211 - So tired, so tired, my heart and I! Though now none takes me on his arm To fold me close and kiss me warm Till each quick breath end in a sigh Of happy languor. Now, alone, We lean upon this graveyard stone, Uncheered, unkissed, my heart and I.
Page 20 - Alone \ — that worn-out word, So idly spoken, and so coldly heard ; Yet all that poets sing, and grief hath known, Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word — ALONE ! The New Timon.
Page 1 - The right o'er others woes to weep ; The right to succour in reverse ; The right to bless while others curse; The right to love whom others scorn ; The right to comfort all that mourn ; The right to shed new joy on earth ; The right to feel the soul's high worth ; The right to lead the soul to God, Along the path...
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Page 46 - WHAT is love? Ask him who lives, what is life? ask him who adores, what is God ? I know not the internal constitution of other men, nor even thine, whom I now address. I see that in some external attributes they resemble me, but when, misled by that appearance, I have thought to appeal to something in common, and unburthen my inmost soul to them, I have found my language misunderstood...
Page 47 - There is,' he once finely said, ' an eloquence in the tongueless wind, and a melody in the flowing brooks and the rustling of the reeds beside them, which, by their inconceivable relation to something within the soul...
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Page 48 - That which has been there begun and sanctified in life, is continued and perfected hereafter. In its nature it has a something almost sacred, for the Heavenly Father Himself set it in the hearts of His children. When once truly called out, it inspires...
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