The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music & Romance, Volume 3Geo. Henderson, 1840 |
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... lost the power of tormenting us , and his bread into the bargain . He will soon be released from the guard - house , and a bad man , however insignificant may be his situation , has the power to njure with the will ! " 66 " My ...
... lost the power of tormenting us , and his bread into the bargain . He will soon be released from the guard - house , and a bad man , however insignificant may be his situation , has the power to njure with the will ! " 66 " My ...
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... lost the instinct of its faith . If it have gone astray , it will return again . I love to spend such pleasant Sabbaths , from morning till night , behind the curtain of my open window , Are they spent amiss ? Every spot , so near the ...
... lost the instinct of its faith . If it have gone astray , it will return again . I love to spend such pleasant Sabbaths , from morning till night , behind the curtain of my open window , Are they spent amiss ? Every spot , so near the ...
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... lost , and which once lost , can never be recovered . " The frequent examination of ourselves or of others , is the most dangerous of all researches . Beware of that selfish feel- ing which is continually urging us to pry into the ...
... lost , and which once lost , can never be recovered . " The frequent examination of ourselves or of others , is the most dangerous of all researches . Beware of that selfish feel- ing which is continually urging us to pry into the ...
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... lost your affection , " said I , " I would not con- sider I had lost anything in leaving this palace with all its splendour , and this round of company which I abhor . No matter how poor we might be , we could always afford a cottage ...
... lost your affection , " said I , " I would not con- sider I had lost anything in leaving this palace with all its splendour , and this round of company which I abhor . No matter how poor we might be , we could always afford a cottage ...
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... lost . His charlatanism consists in keeping a bold countenance , and in falling decently before a group of spectators , too much engaged to cast a glance upon him . If , during the brief interval of his success , he takes any pleasure ...
... lost . His charlatanism consists in keeping a bold countenance , and in falling decently before a group of spectators , too much engaged to cast a glance upon him . If , during the brief interval of his success , he takes any pleasure ...
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Page 120 - Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? and why art thou disquieted in me ? hope thou in God : for 1 shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
Page 334 - And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel : and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
Page 254 - Still a few drops within it lay; And round the sacred table glow Twelve lofty lamps, in splendid row, From the purest metal cast; A spoil — the richest, and the last.
Page 209 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Page 165 - On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires; Even from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, Even in our ashes live their wonted fires.
Page 150 - The Reaper said, and smiled ; "Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. "They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear.
Page 149 - He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. My Lord has need of these flowerets gay, The Reaper said, and smiled : Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child.
Page 334 - Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
Page 122 - THE night is come, but not too soon ; And sinking silently, All silently, the little moon Drops down behind the sky. There is no light in earth or heaven, But the cold light of stars ; And the first watch of night is given To the red planet Mars.
Page 120 - THE DINNER OF THE MONTHS. ONCE upon a time, the Months determined to dine together. They were a long while deciding who should have the honour of being the Host upon so solemn an occasion; but the lot at length fell upon December, for although this old gentleman's manners were found to be rather cold upon first acquaintance, yet it was well known that when once you got under his roof, there was not a merrier, or more hospitable, person in existence. The messenger too...