Uncle Tom's pictorial keepsakeTom (uncle, pseud) 1852 |
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Page 14
... clouds rolled away above , and the air grew bright and balmy ; then there arose a twittering of birds in a hazel copse hard by , which the child had not before seen for the blinding showers , and presently a little lark sprung up from ...
... clouds rolled away above , and the air grew bright and balmy ; then there arose a twittering of birds in a hazel copse hard by , which the child had not before seen for the blinding showers , and presently a little lark sprung up from ...
Page 19
... cloud of tiny creatures , keeping close to the surface of the water for a considerable dis- tance , and then taking a wide sweep which conveys her out of sight in an instant , and returning again as quickly to the same spot for a fresh ...
... cloud of tiny creatures , keeping close to the surface of the water for a considerable dis- tance , and then taking a wide sweep which conveys her out of sight in an instant , and returning again as quickly to the same spot for a fresh ...
Page 67
... clouds and the caves , With thy rippling waves ? Oh ! sunlight and sky , Gentle breeze passing by , What are you saying To cave , drop , and fern , Which speak in return ? Oh ! mosses and maiden - hair , Sea - weed and crystal clear ...
... clouds and the caves , With thy rippling waves ? Oh ! sunlight and sky , Gentle breeze passing by , What are you saying To cave , drop , and fern , Which speak in return ? Oh ! mosses and maiden - hair , Sea - weed and crystal clear ...
Page 116
... but it enabled him also to note how much they repented of their cruel conduct to him . It also shows that in all the relations of after life a good child is sure to be rewarded , CLAYTON S Che Snowfall of the Alps . " EVERY DARK CLOUD. 116.
... but it enabled him also to note how much they repented of their cruel conduct to him . It also shows that in all the relations of after life a good child is sure to be rewarded , CLAYTON S Che Snowfall of the Alps . " EVERY DARK CLOUD. 116.
Page 117
... CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING . " * AR , far , away , you must follow me , out of Old England , through merry France and ... clouds opened , or passed away , and gave a glimpse of the world below , then , what a burst of loveliness it was ...
... CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING . " * AR , far , away , you must follow me , out of Old England , through merry France and ... clouds opened , or passed away , and gave a glimpse of the world below , then , what a burst of loveliness it was ...
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Popular passages
Page 308 - THERE is a flower, a little flower, With silver crest and golden eye, That welcomes every changing hour, And weathers every sky. The prouder beauties of the field In gay but quick succession shine, Race after race their honours yield, They flourish and decline. But this small flower, to Nature dear, While moons and stars their courses run, Wreathes the whole circle of the year, Companion of the Sun.
Page 57 - The seven good kine are seven years: and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
Page 55 - And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
Page 48 - And should my youth, as youth is apt I know, Some harshness show, All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly Tree.
Page 142 - Alas ! they all are in their graves, the gentle race of flowers Are lying in their lowly beds, with the fair and good of ours. The...
Page 204 - THE VIOLET. DOWN in a green and shady bed, A modest violet grew, Its stalk was bent, it hung its head, As if to hide from view.
Page 58 - And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
Page 58 - Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: and there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land...
Page 205 - I am coming, I am coming! Hark! the little bee is humming; See! the lark is soaring high In the bright and sunny sky; And the gnats are on the wing, Wheeling round in airy ring.
Page 59 - And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.