The Chronicles of an Old Manor HouseReligious Tract Society, 1866 - 380 pages |
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... speak of ; and yet it seems not so long either . " " Nay , twelve years is no short portion of our life , " observed the traveller , " and that space we have each passed over since then ; and those years have , doubtless , brought their ...
... speak of ; and yet it seems not so long either . " " Nay , twelve years is no short portion of our life , " observed the traveller , " and that space we have each passed over since then ; and those years have , doubtless , brought their ...
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... speak . " Trusted to my hospitality ! " repeated Mr. Nowell . " I should fancy so , Eustace ; or to something still more dear and precious than cold hospitality . Why not say loving friendship and pure gratitude , my old friend ? Or ...
... speak . " Trusted to my hospitality ! " repeated Mr. Nowell . " I should fancy so , Eustace ; or to something still more dear and precious than cold hospitality . Why not say loving friendship and pure gratitude , my old friend ? Or ...
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... speak , I may well do him what small honour I can , " she might justly argue with herself . " The old companion and friend of Gilbert , who saved his life in days of strife gone by , deserves this from me at the least . " In the same ...
... speak , I may well do him what small honour I can , " she might justly argue with herself . " The old companion and friend of Gilbert , who saved his life in days of strife gone by , deserves this from me at the least . " In the same ...
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... speak . " This should be looked to , Gilbert , " she said , thoughtfully . " I cannot believe it of Eustace Lacy , " replied the husband . " Father Felix has taken offence at our attentions to my old friend ; and his imagination has ...
... speak . " This should be looked to , Gilbert , " she said , thoughtfully . " I cannot believe it of Eustace Lacy , " replied the husband . " Father Felix has taken offence at our attentions to my old friend ; and his imagination has ...
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... speaking a word in reply , Lacy placed the book in the hands of his old friend , who turned to the title , on the blank page opposite to which were written the following lines : - " Here is the spring where waters flow To quench our ...
... speaking a word in reply , Lacy placed the book in the hands of his old friend , who turned to the title , on the blank page opposite to which were written the following lines : - " Here is the spring where waters flow To quench our ...
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added Alice Arthur Wildman asked brought called cause chamber CHAPTER Christ Christian Church Church of Rome cloth boards comfort confession cottage countenance Dame Helen Nowell Dame Nowell danger daughter dear death enemies England Eustace Lacy exclaimed eyes faith Father Felix Fcap fear forest former fugitive gentle gentleman Gilbert Nowell gospel guest hand hear heard heart Herbert Nowell heresy heretic horse husband ignorant journey lady land Lollard look Lord Margaret Master Herbert Master Salisbury Master Twycross mind mistress never Nowell's Old Manor House old nurse passed peace persecution poor pray prayers preacher priest Protestant Protestantism punish Queen rejoined replied returned Robert Brown Roger White Romish Scriptures seemed servant sorrow soul Spanish Armada speak spiritual spoken stranger suffered sure tell tenant things thought told traveller troubled true Westerham widow wife witnessed woman words young
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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.