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... brothers Bradley . The other room was now used by Kate alone , but had once been shared by her sister . No other dwelling was near , and only the sound of the sea , or the voice of the wind , broke the stillness of the spot . Here the ...
... brothers Bradley . The other room was now used by Kate alone , but had once been shared by her sister . No other dwelling was near , and only the sound of the sea , or the voice of the wind , broke the stillness of the spot . Here the ...
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... brother shall rise again . " Sometimes the birds of the air tell the glad tidings ; or His promise is found written in the young leaf , unfurling its wrinkled folds to the sunlight . He will not leave us desolate if our souls are ...
... brother shall rise again . " Sometimes the birds of the air tell the glad tidings ; or His promise is found written in the young leaf , unfurling its wrinkled folds to the sunlight . He will not leave us desolate if our souls are ...
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... brother , and he had a franker , but less resolute face . He was two years older than Luke ; yet Luke had always been the ruling spirit . The elder had served the younger , and had relied upon him and believed in him from childhood ...
... brother , and he had a franker , but less resolute face . He was two years older than Luke ; yet Luke had always been the ruling spirit . The elder had served the younger , and had relied upon him and believed in him from childhood ...
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... brothers Bradley had been general dealers ; that is , they had bought and sold articles of all de- scriptions , and had attended every sale in the town . Their shop was crowded with second - hand furniture , pictures , books , ornaments ...
... brothers Bradley had been general dealers ; that is , they had bought and sold articles of all de- scriptions , and had attended every sale in the town . Their shop was crowded with second - hand furniture , pictures , books , ornaments ...
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... brothers an ill name , which one of them did not wholly deserve . Simeon had a conscience , and it sometimes made itself heard . He had dealt with it as one deals with a bell that rings too loudly , and had succeeded in deadening its ...
... brothers an ill name , which one of them did not wholly deserve . Simeon had a conscience , and it sometimes made itself heard . He had dealt with it as one deals with a bell that rings too loudly , and had succeeded in deadening its ...
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afternoon Ann Hodge answered asked brother CHARLOTTE ELLIOTT Cloverdean Collis's comfort Copnor couch cried dark dear desolate door Durrant Edward Collis elder eyes face farm father Francis Wyatt gilt edges girl glance Grace grandmother ground hand Harriet Harrington Hayling Island hear heard heart Kate Bradley Kate's kitchen leave light listen live Lizzie Lizzie's looked Lord Luke Bradley Luke's Madame Arnaud Miss Hilda Miss Roscoe never night old Hodge pause Petersfield pleasant poor Portsdown Hill quiet RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY replied rest road Roscoe's Salterns seemed Sharp silent Simeon sister smile snow soft sorrow Southsea speak Stanley Perth stood sweet talk tears tell things thought three thousand pounds told tone turned uncle voice walk waste land watched whispered window wooden cottage words young lady
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Page 226 - He always wins who sides with God, To him no chance is lost : God's will is sweetest to him when It triumphs at his cost. Ill that God blesses is our good, And unblest good is ill ; And all is right that seems most wrong, If it be his dear will...
Page 99 - Twas still some solace, in the dearth Of the pure elements of earth, To hearken to each other's speech, And each turn comforter to each With some new hope or legend old, Or song heroically bold; But even these at length grew cold. Our voices took a dreary tone, An echo of the dungeon stone, A grating sound — not full and free As they of yore were wont to be: It might be fancy — but to me They never sounded like our own.
Page 119 - If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan...
Page 110 - ALMIGHTY God, the fountain of all wisdom, Who knowest our necessities before we ask, and our ignorance in asking ; We beseech Thee to have compassion upon our infirmities ; and those things, which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask, vouchsafe to give us, for the worthiness of Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 29 - The Lord is loving unto every man : and His mercy is over all His works.
Page 180 - Night is coming and the grave is cold. ' 0 the pale and plashed and sodden roses, 0 the desolate heart that grave above, 0 the white cap shaking as it darkens Round that shrine of memory and love.
Page 156 - The bud'may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower. " Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in Tain ; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.