The Torchlight: Or, Through the WoodDerby & Jackson, 1856 - 446 pages |
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... from me will need no more . ” The wind moaned and the skies grew no lighter — but darker as the husband and wife parted . How did they meet again ! TH CHAPTER VII . HE difficulty attending the separation of 72 THE TORCHLIGHT ; OR ,
... from me will need no more . ” The wind moaned and the skies grew no lighter — but darker as the husband and wife parted . How did they meet again ! TH CHAPTER VII . HE difficulty attending the separation of 72 THE TORCHLIGHT ; OR ,
Page 97
... meet the gaze of the children who had begged her to dance for them , when instead , she saw that of a motley collection , and among the rest the fixed look of a pair of eyes , not admiringly , but reprovingly upon her . Their earnest ...
... meet the gaze of the children who had begged her to dance for them , when instead , she saw that of a motley collection , and among the rest the fixed look of a pair of eyes , not admiringly , but reprovingly upon her . Their earnest ...
Page 114
... meet the " absconding villain , " that he might " fill his place with a man of reputation . " To this chivalrous proclamation , Mrs. Miller smiled radiantly , swal- lowing her disgust . It was such admirers that mortified the proud ...
... meet the " absconding villain , " that he might " fill his place with a man of reputation . " To this chivalrous proclamation , Mrs. Miller smiled radiantly , swal- lowing her disgust . It was such admirers that mortified the proud ...
Page 119
... meet your papa . ” Jane Selden then commenced her own toilet arrange- ments , still looking out of the window , seeing nothing but Zebedee going down to the brook , who stopped first at the water - spout to drink ( a habit he had when ...
... meet your papa . ” Jane Selden then commenced her own toilet arrange- ments , still looking out of the window , seeing nothing but Zebedee going down to the brook , who stopped first at the water - spout to drink ( a habit he had when ...
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... meet again . But her subsequent course has made our separation final . Jane , should I be released - for Jeanie's sake ? " The long crushed love of the maiden thrilled her frame ; but her firm , religious feelings arose in the conflict ...
... meet again . But her subsequent course has made our separation final . Jane , should I be released - for Jeanie's sake ? " The long crushed love of the maiden thrilled her frame ; but her firm , religious feelings arose in the conflict ...
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Page 297 - As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come 'into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. 19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
Page 233 - Hither, as to their fountain, other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light...
Page 355 - Tis midnight with my soul till He, Bright morning star, bids darkness flee. 3 Ashamed of Jesus! sooner far Let evening blush to own a star: He sheds the beams of light divine O'er this benighted soul of mine.
Page 355 - Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for ! Even that it would please God to destroy me ; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
Page 211 - Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich ? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
Page 297 - Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot ; who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Page 349 - And then shall He send His angels, and shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.1 28.
Page 395 - When first an infant draws the vital air, Officious grief should welcome him to care : But joy should life's concluding scene attend. And mirth be kept to grace a dying friend. As the Spectator is, in a kind, a paper of news from the natural world, as others are from the busy and politic part of mankind, I shall translate the following letter, written to an eminent French gentleman in this town from Paris, which gives us the exit of...