The Guardian, Volumes 20-21H. Harbaugh, 1869 |
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... thought of that . " He thought of his own mother , and the lone- liness of " Willie " compared with his own happy lot . " He has no mother . " Do we think of it when want comes to the orphan , and rude words assail him ? Has the little ...
... thought of that . " He thought of his own mother , and the lone- liness of " Willie " compared with his own happy lot . " He has no mother . " Do we think of it when want comes to the orphan , and rude words assail him ? Has the little ...
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... thought with him , to fol- low his example , since by the blessing of God an unspeakable influence had moved him to become a Christian . If the old man of the story were not Spiridion himself , he was certainly one of the same mould ...
... thought with him , to fol- low his example , since by the blessing of God an unspeakable influence had moved him to become a Christian . If the old man of the story were not Spiridion himself , he was certainly one of the same mould ...
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... thought to myself , what does the old gentleman mean ? I don't expect to have any sheep . My aspirations were quite moderate in those days , and a first rate merino buck was worth $ 1000 . I could not make out exactly what he meant ...
... thought to myself , what does the old gentleman mean ? I don't expect to have any sheep . My aspirations were quite moderate in those days , and a first rate merino buck was worth $ 1000 . I could not make out exactly what he meant ...
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... thought the early Christians , until the pious fraud of Ana- nias and Sapphira taught them the impracticableness of such a seem- ingly benevolent plan . Could we take into our vision the entire web , as we now see but the single and ...
... thought the early Christians , until the pious fraud of Ana- nias and Sapphira taught them the impracticableness of such a seem- ingly benevolent plan . Could we take into our vision the entire web , as we now see but the single and ...
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... thought for what they shall eat , drink or put on ; to exhort them to live by faith , ' ' on souls , ' and so on - all this may tickle and please you , but it is to him like the little Book , which St. John was asked to swallow in ...
... thought for what they shall eat , drink or put on ; to exhort them to live by faith , ' ' on souls , ' and so on - all this may tickle and please you , but it is to him like the little Book , which St. John was asked to swallow in ...
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Page 121 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Page 283 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.
Page 283 - The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise.
Page 283 - A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Page 3 - Two of us in the churchyard lie, My sister and my brother, And in the churchyard cottage, I Dwell near them with my mother.
Page 230 - MY JO. JOHN Anderson my jo, John, When we were first acquent ; Your locks were like the raven, Your bonnie brow was brent ; But now your brow is beld, John Your locks are like the snaw ; But blessings on your frosty pow, John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi...
Page 283 - His house was known to all the vagrant train. He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain ; The long-remembered beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged breast. The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed ; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sate by his fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won.
Page 208 - Counsel is of two sorts; the one concerning manners, the other concerning business : for the first, the best preservative to keep the mind in health, is the faithful admonition of a friend. The calling of a man's self to a strict account is a medicine...
Page 27 - to be absent from the body, is to be present with the Lord.
Page 208 - Cor ne edito (Eat not the heart). Certainly, if a man would give it a hard phrase, those that want friends to open themselves unto are cannibals of their own hearts. But one thing is most admirable (wherewith I will conclude this first fruit of friendship), which is, that this communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in halves.