The Lakeside Monthly, Volume 8University Publishing Company, 1872 |
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... ment . There was really no possibility that any force could be exercised over Mary's will . If any man could win her fairly , it was no business in which a poor blacksmith should interfere . He compromised between the dictates of his ...
... ment . There was really no possibility that any force could be exercised over Mary's will . If any man could win her fairly , it was no business in which a poor blacksmith should interfere . He compromised between the dictates of his ...
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... ment of the culmination of the trage- dy and the uplifting of the curtain which veiled a vista of past sin and remorse , was one of those typographi- cal concentrations of daily human his- tory - a newspaper notice : DIED . In this city ...
... ment of the culmination of the trage- dy and the uplifting of the curtain which veiled a vista of past sin and remorse , was one of those typographi- cal concentrations of daily human his- tory - a newspaper notice : DIED . In this city ...
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... ment . The gas was at full light ; a Journal lay open upon the table , across the half - written page of which the wet pen had rolled , leaving a long blotted mark . My wife lay dead upon the floor . She had apparently risen from her ...
... ment . The gas was at full light ; a Journal lay open upon the table , across the half - written page of which the wet pen had rolled , leaving a long blotted mark . My wife lay dead upon the floor . She had apparently risen from her ...
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... ment of my minority . Of course , my husband loved me ; I never thought about it before . He was a grave , dark- complexioned , middle - aged man , who seemed hedged about with dainty fan- cies and delicate thoughts , as the roots of a ...
... ment of my minority . Of course , my husband loved me ; I never thought about it before . He was a grave , dark- complexioned , middle - aged man , who seemed hedged about with dainty fan- cies and delicate thoughts , as the roots of a ...
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... ment , " I answered . " Every little house cricket aspires to chirp ; in these days it is only the gift of speech which distinguishes humans . " And some of them are particularly distinguished , " said Renford , with a little bow . I ...
... ment , " I answered . " Every little house cricket aspires to chirp ; in these days it is only the gift of speech which distinguishes humans . " And some of them are particularly distinguished , " said Renford , with a little bow . I ...
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Page 158 - And Gideon said unto GOD, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, behold I will put a fleece of wool in the floor : and if the dew • be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
Page 145 - That all persons living in this province who confess and acknowledge the one almighty and eternal God to be the creator, upholder, and ruler of the world...
Page 210 - And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
Page 76 - That in the antique Oratory shook His bosom in its solitude ; and then — As in that hour— a moment o'er his face The tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced...
Page 76 - With a convulsion — then arose again, And with his teeth and quivering hands did tear What he had written, but he shed no tears.
Page 238 - I must fail; but if the same omniscient mind and almighty arm that directed and protected him shall guide and support me, I shall not fail — I shall succeed. Let us pray that the God of our fathers may not forsake us now. To Him I commend you all. Permit me to ask that, with equal security and faith, you will invoke His wisdom and guidance for me.
Page 147 - Rival nations and hostile sects have agreed in canonizing him. England is proud of his name. A great commonwealth beyond the Atlantic regards him with a reverence similar to that which the Athenians felt for Theseus, and the Romans for Quirinus. The respectable society of which he was a member honours him as an apostle. By pious men of other persuasions he is generally regarded as a bright pattern of Christian virtue. Meanwhile admirers of a very different sort have sounded his praises. The French...
Page 159 - And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and behold, a woman lay at his feet. And he said, Who art thou?
Page 359 - We know something of that time now; we that have seen the muster of the village soldiery on the meeting-house green, and at railway stations ; and heard the drum and fife, and seen the farewells ; seen the familiar faces that we hardly knew, now that we felt them to be heroes; breathed higher breath for their sakes; felt our eyes moistened ; thanked them in our souls for teaching us that nature is yet capable of heroic moments...
Page 76 - Within an antique Oratory stood The Boy of whom I spake ; — he was alone, And pale, and pacing to and fro : anon He sate him down, and seized a pen, and traced Words which I could not guess of; then he...