Old and New, Volume 2Edward Everett Hale Lee & Shepard, 1870 |
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... eyes from his manuscript to give a species of war- whoop at the audience . Yet , for this hour of cheapest work , he receives exactly twenty times the sum that P gets for his article in " The Na- tion , " that has cost a week's study to ...
... eyes from his manuscript to give a species of war- whoop at the audience . Yet , for this hour of cheapest work , he receives exactly twenty times the sum that P gets for his article in " The Na- tion , " that has cost a week's study to ...
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... eyes , looking to find the duty she searched for afar and cunningly hidden , of course did not see the obvious thing , lying next her hand , for it to do . O Marjorie ! we do not live by in- spirations . We just go on , day by day ...
... eyes , looking to find the duty she searched for afar and cunningly hidden , of course did not see the obvious thing , lying next her hand , for it to do . O Marjorie ! we do not live by in- spirations . We just go on , day by day ...
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... eyes , in parables ! When will the Prince come with the fairy - gift in his hand ? ' O little Cinderella ! can't you interpret fairy - lore ? Don't you know that the fairy - gift is always love ? ... Poor little maiden ! There is for ...
... eyes , in parables ! When will the Prince come with the fairy - gift in his hand ? ' O little Cinderella ! can't you interpret fairy - lore ? Don't you know that the fairy - gift is always love ? ... Poor little maiden ! There is for ...
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... eyes . Then , with that pleasant smile rippling like sun- shine over his face , he made her understand that he had by no means forgotten this great favor ; indeed , he had been meaning to speak about it to her father very soon , and so ...
... eyes . Then , with that pleasant smile rippling like sun- shine over his face , he made her understand that he had by no means forgotten this great favor ; indeed , he had been meaning to speak about it to her father very soon , and so ...
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... eyes . " I suppose I am very foolish ; but- I have had a valentine . Never mind from whom ! only , just look at it ! " - This in the most pathetic tone , as , half laughing , half crying , she placed an envelope in his hand . It ...
... eyes . " I suppose I am very foolish ; but- I have had a valentine . Never mind from whom ! only , just look at it ! " - This in the most pathetic tone , as , half laughing , half crying , she placed an envelope in his hand . It ...
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Page 445 - O'er other creatures. Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best. All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded : wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows.
Page 434 - Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
Page 206 - Behold I go forward, But he is not there ; And backward, But I cannot perceive him : On the left hand, when he doth work, But I cannot behold him ; He hideth himself on the right hand, That I cannot see him.
Page 207 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field, which indeed is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Page 412 - We believe the Bible to be the word of God, as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.
Page 92 - There will I ask of Christ the Lord Thus much for him and me: — Only to live as once on earth With Love, only to be, As then awhile, for ever now Together, I and he." She gazed and listened and then said, Less sad of speech than mild, — "All this is when he comes.
Page 666 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
Page 437 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Page 411 - We believe that through the atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.
Page 262 - Lordship repeated the last word several times with a calm and determinate resignation ; and, after a serious pause of some minutes, he desired to hear the Treaty read, to which he listened with great attention, and recovered spirits enough to declare the approbation of a dying statesman (I use his own words) ' on the most glorious war, and most honourable peace, this nation ever saw.