The Morning of Life: A Memoir of Miss A---n, who was Educated for a Nun : with Many Interesting Particulars Concerning Dr. Doyle |
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... older than herself , and was , as well as Bessie , brought up in the Roman Catholic religion ; her brothers , by their father's dying request , were allowed to remain Protestants . Mrs. A , the mother of Bessie , was a.
... older than herself , and was , as well as Bessie , brought up in the Roman Catholic religion ; her brothers , by their father's dying request , were allowed to remain Protestants . Mrs. A , the mother of Bessie , was a.
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... allowed that scanty meal until a late hour . Her hunger was once so pressing that she ate some raw potatoes , which she found in the garden . Her whole education was one long no- vitiate for a conventual life ; accordingly , she was led ...
... allowed that scanty meal until a late hour . Her hunger was once so pressing that she ate some raw potatoes , which she found in the garden . Her whole education was one long no- vitiate for a conventual life ; accordingly , she was led ...
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... allowed to stand on her feet , she did not feel the slightest in- convenience from her sprain , which had at first threatened to be serious . When she was only about three years old she had a very narrow escape of losing her life . She ...
... allowed to stand on her feet , she did not feel the slightest in- convenience from her sprain , which had at first threatened to be serious . When she was only about three years old she had a very narrow escape of losing her life . She ...
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... allowed them to read the Bible , but obliged them to promise that they would not look into any Protestant books on religion , or speak on the subject to any but Roman Catholics . He wished them to read his books diligently , and report ...
... allowed them to read the Bible , but obliged them to promise that they would not look into any Protestant books on religion , or speak on the subject to any but Roman Catholics . He wished them to read his books diligently , and report ...
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... allowed to walk in the garden with the nuns , and was much attached to several of them . There was one young nun near her age , of whom she was very fond ; a mutual friendship sprang up between them ; and they longed for the time when ...
... allowed to walk in the garden with the nuns , and was much attached to several of them . There was one young nun near her age , of whom she was very fond ; a mutual friendship sprang up between them ; and they longed for the time when ...
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Page 119 - These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace, In the world ye shall have tribulation : but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Page 24 - Night is the time for toil ; To plough the classic field, Intent to find the buried spoil Its wealthy furrows yield ; Till all is ours that sages taught, That poets sang or heroes wrought. Night is the time to weep ; To wet with unseen tears Those graves of memory where sleep The joys of other years ; • Hopes that were Angels in their birth, But perished young, like things of earth...
Page 101 - Here in the body pent, Absent from Him I roam, Yet nightly pitch my moving tent A day's march nearer home. My Father's house on high, Home of my soul ! how near, At times, to faith's foreseeing eye, Thy golden gates appear! Ah! then my spirit faints To reach the land I love, The bright inheritance of saints, Jerusalem above!
Page 136 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 113 - THERE is an hour of peaceful rest, To mourning wanderers given ; There is a joy for souls distressed, A balm for every wounded breast : 'Tis found above — in heaven.
Page 26 - ... and that from a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness : that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
Page 22 - Woe unto you that are full ! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
Page 126 - I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Page 113 - There fragrant flowers immortal bloom, And joys supreme are given; There rays divine disperse the gloom: Beyond the confines of the tomb Appears the dawn of heaven.
Page 111 - I know whom I have believed, and that He is able to keep that which I have committed to him against that day.