“The” Works of Mrs. Sherwood: Being the Only Uniform Edition Ever Published in the United StatesHarper & Brothers, 1835 |
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... hand- somer , and possessed a certain expression of countenance , which , when once seen , could not easily be forgotten ; ne- vertheless , as I was then no deep physiognomist , I could not exactly ascertain what this expression ...
... hand- somer , and possessed a certain expression of countenance , which , when once seen , could not easily be forgotten ; ne- vertheless , as I was then no deep physiognomist , I could not exactly ascertain what this expression ...
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... hand . I was alarmed ; and on entreating to be told the contents of the letter , she informed me that it was from England , and contained an account of the sudden death of my sister , with the additional information that Mr. Gis- borne ...
... hand . I was alarmed ; and on entreating to be told the contents of the letter , she informed me that it was from England , and contained an account of the sudden death of my sister , with the additional information that Mr. Gis- borne ...
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... hand , which I had unconsciously placed in his ; his fine countenance , expressive of the strongest feelings of parental tenderness , and his noble person , rather rendered more interesting than otherwise by a suit of deep mourning and ...
... hand , which I had unconsciously placed in his ; his fine countenance , expressive of the strongest feelings of parental tenderness , and his noble person , rather rendered more interesting than otherwise by a suit of deep mourning and ...
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... hand by a decided declaration of regard . My father treated him with polite- ness , for he was incapable of rudeness , but declined the proposed connexion ; soon after which the count took occa- sion to insult my father at a public ...
... hand by a decided declaration of regard . My father treated him with polite- ness , for he was incapable of rudeness , but declined the proposed connexion ; soon after which the count took occa- sion to insult my father at a public ...
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... hand , “ you want some refreshment , no doubt ; " and , so saying , he led him before me into a saloon , where supper was prepared . It was impossible for me , as I sat at supper , to keep my eyes off the child : though my father hinted ...
... hand , “ you want some refreshment , no doubt ; " and , so saying , he led him before me into a saloon , where supper was prepared . It was impossible for me , as I sat at supper , to keep my eyes off the child : though my father hinted ...
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Page 62 - Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun...
Page 163 - Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbathday. Six days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do ; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son and thy daughter, thy manservant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day ; wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day and hallowed it.
Page 60 - Samuel, and of the prophets : who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire...
Page 53 - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them...
Page 151 - Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the Lord ? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and His word ? 3 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed ! How sweet their memory still ! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
Page 168 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Page 62 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Page 295 - Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine ? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little...
Page 66 - As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered ; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Page 177 - These are they which were not defiled with women ; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the first fruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile : for they are without fault before the throne of God.