Littell's Living Age, Volume 19Living Age Company, Incorporated, 1848 |
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... kind to him . It did not appear that he had made any beginning in his pastoral duties ; for the king , anxious to derive as much advantage as pos- sible from his civilized countryman , had conferred upon him the dignity of chief tailor ...
... kind to him . It did not appear that he had made any beginning in his pastoral duties ; for the king , anxious to derive as much advantage as pos- sible from his civilized countryman , had conferred upon him the dignity of chief tailor ...
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... kind of Egyptian magnitude in size , is un- rivalled in its way . Some of his descriptions exhibit great delicacy of touch - as where the smoke of incense from the woodland altar is " a hazy light spread greyly eastward ; " some of his ...
... kind of Egyptian magnitude in size , is un- rivalled in its way . Some of his descriptions exhibit great delicacy of touch - as where the smoke of incense from the woodland altar is " a hazy light spread greyly eastward ; " some of his ...
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... kind which belong to the intercourse of every day , and the sufferings and temptations are those of common existence . But not for this does the writer think lightly of her task . " It is not , " she says , in an excellent brief preface ...
... kind which belong to the intercourse of every day , and the sufferings and temptations are those of common existence . But not for this does the writer think lightly of her task . " It is not , " she says , in an excellent brief preface ...
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... kind- ness , but even kindness a happy rival dares not show , and he turned again to Isabel . She got up ; then , with a hurried step , went to Herbert's side . " Herbert , " she said , in a voice so low , that it reached none but him ...
... kind- ness , but even kindness a happy rival dares not show , and he turned again to Isabel . She got up ; then , with a hurried step , went to Herbert's side . " Herbert , " she said , in a voice so low , that it reached none but him ...
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... kind to me , Mr. Har- court , that I will not let you puzzle about me - you think I am sorry that Colonel Maxwell is gone - I am ; but see , he will come again- " and , with her eyes sparkling , and her cheek glowing , she touched the ...
... kind to me , Mr. Har- court , that I will not let you puzzle about me - you think I am sorry that Colonel Maxwell is gone - I am ; but see , he will come again- " and , with her eyes sparkling , and her cheek glowing , she touched the ...
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Page 264 - Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Page 297 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page 54 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Page 366 - Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; Nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
Page 254 - I made me great works ; I builded me houses ; I planted me vineyards : I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees...
Page 52 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 398 - And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to Thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
Page 264 - With what to sight or smell was sweet, from thee How shall I part, and whither wander down Into a lower world, to this obscure And wild ? how shall we breathe in other air Less pure, accustom'd to immortal fruits?
Page 363 - Come unto me, all ye that are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest !" He smiled and wept when he spoke these words.
Page 56 - Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands ; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side; and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord, and my God.