May You Like itT. Boys, 1822 - 272 pages |
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... gently at the door , but the sick girl was asleep : she entered the room , and crept to the bedside , pressing the end of part of Rosine's dress to her lips . She sat down on the ground , behind the curtain , and , leaning her head ...
... gently at the door , but the sick girl was asleep : she entered the room , and crept to the bedside , pressing the end of part of Rosine's dress to her lips . She sat down on the ground , behind the curtain , and , leaning her head ...
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... gentle virtues of Christianity were more gen- tle and lovely , and the passions of the world seemed spiritualized in ... gently , as if it looked upon her with affection , and feared to disturb her . She had just received the sacra- ment ...
... gentle virtues of Christianity were more gen- tle and lovely , and the passions of the world seemed spiritualized in ... gently , as if it looked upon her with affection , and feared to disturb her . She had just received the sacra- ment ...
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... gently . I turned at last , to answer the soft voice that spoke to me . I was not the least angry , for my heart was softened ; and I beheld the only countenance , which I should not have refused to look upon , just as I had been gazing ...
... gently . I turned at last , to answer the soft voice that spoke to me . I was not the least angry , for my heart was softened ; and I beheld the only countenance , which I should not have refused to look upon , just as I had been gazing ...
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... gentle , but there was a spirit something like that old wild and heroic spirit of chivalry in his character ; an ab- sence of that cold calculating selfishness , now so prevalent his actions spoke more than his words ; he had that deep ...
... gentle , but there was a spirit something like that old wild and heroic spirit of chivalry in his character ; an ab- sence of that cold calculating selfishness , now so prevalent his actions spoke more than his words ; he had that deep ...
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... gently touched him on the shoulder , and said : “ I have some- thing delightful to tell you , my dear Duncan . " He dashed away the tears which had filled his eyes , and forgetting his usual self - command in appear- ing cheerful , said ...
... gently touched him on the shoulder , and said : “ I have some- thing delightful to tell you , my dear Duncan . " He dashed away the tears which had filled his eyes , and forgetting his usual self - command in appear- ing cheerful , said ...
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Page 52 - Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
Page 115 - Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked...
Page 197 - Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
Page 103 - Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
Page 155 - Lie not ; but let thy heart be true to God, Thy mouth to it, thy actions to them both.
Page viii - Here the self-torturing sophist, wild Rousseau, The apostle of affliction, he who threw Enchantment over passion, and from woe Wrung overwhelming eloquence, first drew The breath which made him wretched : yet he knew How to make madness beautiful, and cast O'er erring deeds and thoughts a heavenly hue Of words, like sunbeams, dazzling as they past The eyes, which o'er them shed tears feelingly and fast.
Page 59 - If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Page 219 - Athenian walls from ruin bare. IX. TO A VIRTUOUS YOUNG LADY. LADY, that in the prime of earliest youth Wisely hast shunned the broad way and the green, And with those few art eminently seen, That labour up the hill of heavenly truth, The better part with Mary and with Ruth Chosen thou hast...
Page xiv - And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast : There shall the morn her earliest tears bestow, There the first roses of the year shall blow ; While angels with their silver wings o'ersluide The ground, now sacred by thy reliques made.
Page 128 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.