The Christian mother's magazine, ed. by mrs. Milner, Volume 1Mary Milner 1844 |
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... star , And see the billows swell ; Though dismal is their sullen roar , Dashing against this hated shore , The rock of St. Michel . II . A whitening sail ! Ah ! whither bound ? But what is that to me ? Have I , who pace the dungeon ...
... star , And see the billows swell ; Though dismal is their sullen roar , Dashing against this hated shore , The rock of St. Michel . II . A whitening sail ! Ah ! whither bound ? But what is that to me ? Have I , who pace the dungeon ...
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... , triumphant glance , Of deep and heart - felt joy ; There dwelt an energetic power , In faintest star , in humblest flower , To charm the happy boy . VIII . I mourn not for the festival , For 1844. ] 23 MONT ST . MICHEL .
... , triumphant glance , Of deep and heart - felt joy ; There dwelt an energetic power , In faintest star , in humblest flower , To charm the happy boy . VIII . I mourn not for the festival , For 1844. ] 23 MONT ST . MICHEL .
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... stars , hexagons , triangles , & c . , * According to the most natural division of the year into seasons of three months each , January forms the second month of the winter quarter . Its mean temperature varies from about 39 ° , the ...
... stars , hexagons , triangles , & c . , * According to the most natural division of the year into seasons of three months each , January forms the second month of the winter quarter . Its mean temperature varies from about 39 ° , the ...
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... stars with reference to the position of the sun . The operations of hus- bandry , no less than those of navigation , were regulated by the recur- rence of the annual changes in the heavens . The hour of the night was marked by the ...
... stars with reference to the position of the sun . The operations of hus- bandry , no less than those of navigation , were regulated by the recur- rence of the annual changes in the heavens . The hour of the night was marked by the ...
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... stars ne'er seen before save by the ken Of our first parents . Heaven of their rays Seemed joyous . O thou northern site ! bereft Indeed and widowed , since of these deprived . " * Carey . " The two large stars , " says Humboldt , which ...
... stars ne'er seen before save by the ken Of our first parents . Heaven of their rays Seemed joyous . O thou northern site ! bereft Indeed and widowed , since of these deprived . " * Carey . " The two large stars , " says Humboldt , which ...
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Page 239 - And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Page 165 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the Earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep: All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night.
Page 454 - Thus this brook has conveyed his ashes into, Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over.
Page 96 - Thus with the year Seasons return; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 244 - God, from Whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed ; Give unto Thy servants that peace which the world cannot give ; that both our hearts may be set to obey Thy commandments, and also that by Thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness ; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Page 709 - Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half- afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is : Till more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet.
Page 184 - And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Page 750 - Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 236 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked...
Page 290 - Happy who walks with him ! whom what he finds Of flavour or of scent in fruit or flower, Or what he views of beautiful or grand In nature, from the broad majestic oak To the green blade, that twinkles in the sun, Prompts with remembrance of a present God.