The Chronicles of an Old Manor HouseReligious Tract Society, 1866 - 380 pages |
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... departing , had taken away all natural colour from his cheeks , and his dark hair hung around them in disordered fashion , so as to add to his ghastly looks . The volume which engaged the attention of Eustace Lacy , was the New ...
... departing , had taken away all natural colour from his cheeks , and his dark hair hung around them in disordered fashion , so as to add to his ghastly looks . The volume which engaged the attention of Eustace Lacy , was the New ...
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... departed . Half an hour had yet passed away , and the expelled man was sorrowfully pacing the room , when , after a gentle summons at the door , and a petition to be allowed to enter , Helen Nowell stood before him . " I cannot revoke ...
... departed . Half an hour had yet passed away , and the expelled man was sorrowfully pacing the room , when , after a gentle summons at the door , and a petition to be allowed to enter , Helen Nowell stood before him . " I cannot revoke ...
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... departing guest , but he prevented her by a courteous gesture and a smile . " It does not need , " he said ; " I have more than sufficient for my wants , even though my wanderings should be more uncertain and protracted than I think ...
... departing guest , but he prevented her by a courteous gesture and a smile . " It does not need , " he said ; " I have more than sufficient for my wants , even though my wanderings should be more uncertain and protracted than I think ...
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... departed from our house while my husband was with you , and did not conceal his design of denouncing you to the authorities . I besought him to pause , but he would not . Happily some hours must elapse before he can return ; and by that ...
... departed from our house while my husband was with you , and did not conceal his design of denouncing you to the authorities . I besought him to pause , but he would not . Happily some hours must elapse before he can return ; and by that ...
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... departed from the Manor House . CHAPTER VI . FATHER FELIX . THE rich and powerful are not exempt from sorrow and suffering ; nor can the walls of the stoutest old manor house ever built , with its moat and drawbridge , and turreted ...
... departed from the Manor House . CHAPTER VI . FATHER FELIX . THE rich and powerful are not exempt from sorrow and suffering ; nor can the walls of the stoutest old manor house ever built , with its moat and drawbridge , and turreted ...
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Page 368 - In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Page 370 - WHEN the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. The Lord hath done great things for us ; whereof we are glad.
Page 127 - Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts : Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
Page 126 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, So that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, And the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Page 334 - Why art thou cast down, 0 my soul ? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Page 363 - Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison : 10 Which perished at En-dor: they became as dung for the earth.
Page 59 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 208 - They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. 22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
Page 335 - In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust ; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
Page 290 - And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.