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Page 119
... couch . If this night's terrible adventure were indeed the beginning of a tedious illness , how would the sufferer bear her trial ? There are many ways of carrying a cross : some shoulder it bravely , looking upward for strength to ...
... couch . If this night's terrible adventure were indeed the beginning of a tedious illness , how would the sufferer bear her trial ? There are many ways of carrying a cross : some shoulder it bravely , looking upward for strength to ...
Page 134
... couch , she must be resigned to lead a quiet life , unexciting and devoid of all the gaieties for which she longed . No late hours , no dancing , her enfeebled frame would never be fit fcr these things . The world would never know her ...
... couch , she must be resigned to lead a quiet life , unexciting and devoid of all the gaieties for which she longed . No late hours , no dancing , her enfeebled frame would never be fit fcr these things . The world would never know her ...
Page 135
... couch had been constructed which could be wheeled easily from one to the other ; every appliance for her comfort had been obtained ; every want was anticipated . Yet all the arrangements spoke mutely of a long life of suffering ; the ...
... couch had been constructed which could be wheeled easily from one to the other ; every appliance for her comfort had been obtained ; every want was anticipated . Yet all the arrangements spoke mutely of a long life of suffering ; the ...
Page 136
... couch , that Grace could not bear it , and would restlessly turn her head to avoid meeting her grandmother's eyes . If there was any sunshine in Grace's life now , it came to her through Hilda . The girl proved herself to be the wisest ...
... couch , that Grace could not bear it , and would restlessly turn her head to avoid meeting her grandmother's eyes . If there was any sunshine in Grace's life now , it came to her through Hilda . The girl proved herself to be the wisest ...
Page 137
... couch near the window . Out of doors there were faint hints of coming spring ; gnats were dancing in the sunbeams ; a speckled thrush , perched on the leaf- less branches of the great horse - chestnut - tree , was war- bling his ancient ...
... couch near the window . Out of doors there were faint hints of coming spring ; gnats were dancing in the sunbeams ; a speckled thrush , perched on the leaf- less branches of the great horse - chestnut - tree , was war- bling his ancient ...
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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.