The Channings, Volume 2; Volume 631862 |
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Popular passages
Page 58 - MY SON, IF THOU COME TO SERVE THE LORD, PREPARE THY SOUL for temptation. Set thy heart aright, and constantly endure, and make not haste in time of trouble.
Page 242 - Ellen laid down her pencil, and gazed at her father, awe-struck at his strange tone. ' What is it ? ' she breathed. But Mr. Huntley did not answer. He remained perfectly still for a few moments, absorbed in thought : and then, without a word of any sort to Ellen, turned round to leave the room, took his hat as he passed through the hall, and left the house. Can you guess what it was that was troubling Mr. Huntley ? Very probably, if you can put, as the saying runs, this and that together.
Page 299 - ... or forward past IT to the open door of egress ? Which was it to be ? In these moments there can be no reason to guide the course ; but there is instinct; and instinct took that ill-fated child to the open door. How he got past the sight it is impossible to tell. Had it been right in front of his path he never would have got past it. But it had made a halt when just beyond the niche, not coming out very far. With his poor hands stretched out and his breath leaving him, Charles did get by, and...
Page 74 - They go in at one ear and out at the other. What more easy than to put a penknife under the seal, and unfasten it ?' ' You cannot do this where gum is used as well: as it was to that letter.