The Little Lychetts, and Other Stories |
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Page 95 - Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Page 115 - ... the last thing at night and the first thing in the morning, I drank it gratefully and was very sensible of his attention.
Page 96 - With unbeclouded eyes ! 6 Could we but climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore.
Page 96 - There everlasting spring abides, and never- withering flowers; death, like a narrow sea, divides that heavenly land from ours. Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood stand dressed in living green; so to the Jews old Canaan stood, while Jordan rolled between.
Page 330 - ... friends, and revived thoughts almost entirely effaced. The lady contented herself with ringing the bell, when the entrance of the servant rid her of their presence. " It was some time before she could make up her mind to confide her sufferings to me. There was nothing either in her conversation or conduct to indicate a derangement of intellect, and she, as well as her friends, was convinced of her perfect sanity.
Page 311 - And having obeyed, Lydia left the room, and another hour passed, while the solitary occupant of the room tried to throw off the impatience which ruffled even her gentle spirit by the rapid movement of her fingers in •embroidering a group of flowers on...