Timethrift; or, All hours turned to good account, conducted by mrs. WarrenMrs. Warren (Eliza) 1751 |
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... bear to meet the eye of Florence , and so fled . Due care soon removed all the effects of the shock Mr. Treweek had so rashly brought upon himself , except a feeling of bitter mortifi- cation , and a burning sense of shame . He could not ...
... bear to meet the eye of Florence , and so fled . Due care soon removed all the effects of the shock Mr. Treweek had so rashly brought upon himself , except a feeling of bitter mortifi- cation , and a burning sense of shame . He could not ...
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... bear and forbear . And now she wept in utter helplessness . She had been so accustomed to lean on Mary's judgment -on Mary's ever - ready help , that she felt this parting most acutely . " Now there is no one , " she murmured as ...
... bear and forbear . And now she wept in utter helplessness . She had been so accustomed to lean on Mary's judgment -on Mary's ever - ready help , that she felt this parting most acutely . " Now there is no one , " she murmured as ...
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... bear . Keep her under the shelter of thine eye , O mother ! " 66 Nay , it is written she shall go forth . Tell her now what is the earth , that she may " It is a desolate desert where there is no water ; a parched and burning desert ...
... bear . Keep her under the shelter of thine eye , O mother ! " 66 Nay , it is written she shall go forth . Tell her now what is the earth , that she may " It is a desolate desert where there is no water ; a parched and burning desert ...
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... bear- E'en thou , my innocent , thy allotted share Of purifying grief . Thy trying hour Must come ere long , perhaps when earthly power Is none to aid ; when these dim eyes , that pour Their blessing thus , watch over thee no more ...
... bear- E'en thou , my innocent , thy allotted share Of purifying grief . Thy trying hour Must come ere long , perhaps when earthly power Is none to aid ; when these dim eyes , that pour Their blessing thus , watch over thee no more ...
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... bear the vexations which will harass all who spend thoughtlessly from uncertain means ; for although Arnold was too skilful an artist not to make considerable gains , yet he spent much also , and , with sad improvidence , when his ...
... bear the vexations which will harass all who spend thoughtlessly from uncertain means ; for although Arnold was too skilful an artist not to make considerable gains , yet he spent much also , and , with sad improvidence , when his ...
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Page 19 - But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
Page 71 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs : but the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven...
Page 21 - I am, and none else beside me ; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children :" but these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children...
Page 21 - Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: And mischief shall fall upon thee ; thou shalt not be able to put it off: And desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
Page 41 - Puschman's song, As the old man gray and dove-like, with his great beard white and long. And at night the swart mechanic comes to drown his cark and care, Quaffing ale from pewter tankards, in the master's antique chair. Vanished is the ancient splendor, and before my dreamy eye Wave these mingling shapes and figures, like a faded tapestry.
Page 17 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 20 - One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end...
Page 19 - By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song ; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Page 40 - Rise the blue Franconian mountains, Nuremberg, the ancient, stands. Quaint old town of toil and traffic, quaint old town of art and song, Memories haunt thy pointed gables, like the rooks that round them throng...
Page 21 - That is indeed but little for a man to get, who does best that which so many endeavour to do. There is nothing, I think, in which the power of art is shown so much as in playing on the fiddle. In all other things we can do something at first. Any man will forge a bar of iron, if you give him a hammer ; not so well as a smith, but tolerably. A man will saw a piece of wood, and make a box, though a clumsy one ; but give him a fiddle and a fiddle-stick, and he can do nothing.