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... a particular member of a family is disliked by the rest on account of either his or her particular attainments , or pursuits ? and yet how wrong and sinful it is , and what an example have we in Joseph's brethren of where this 6.
... a particular member of a family is disliked by the rest on account of either his or her particular attainments , or pursuits ? and yet how wrong and sinful it is , and what an example have we in Joseph's brethren of where this 6.
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... rest of the feline or cat tribe , is playful when young , but as it ad . vances in years , it generally loses its sportive habits , and becomes , what the nature of its race is , treacherous . It is the only quadruped of its kind that ...
... rest of the feline or cat tribe , is playful when young , but as it ad . vances in years , it generally loses its sportive habits , and becomes , what the nature of its race is , treacherous . It is the only quadruped of its kind that ...
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... rest- ing - place , and is making the woods and the groves around ring again with his sweet melody . And now " The welcome guest of settled Spring , The swallow , too , has come at last ! Just at sunset when the thrushes sing I saw her ...
... rest- ing - place , and is making the woods and the groves around ring again with his sweet melody . And now " The welcome guest of settled Spring , The swallow , too , has come at last ! Just at sunset when the thrushes sing I saw her ...
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... rest- ing place out of the snow , -and on the look - out for their breakfast . It was while John was thoughtful , and amused at what was going on outside , that Mr. Wilmot entered the room . " Good morning , John , " said Mr. Wilmot ...
... rest- ing place out of the snow , -and on the look - out for their breakfast . It was while John was thoughtful , and amused at what was going on outside , that Mr. Wilmot entered the room . " Good morning , John , " said Mr. Wilmot ...
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... rest , Annette looked up , with a bright smile , in Ulric's face , as she said , " Oh ! father , it was on just such a night as this you parted from me , when you had looked on our old village in the mountains for the last time , and I ...
... rest , Annette looked up , with a bright smile , in Ulric's face , as she said , " Oh ! father , it was on just such a night as this you parted from me , when you had looked on our old village in the mountains for the last time , and I ...
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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.