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... Erskine to go with him to it . For once , Jane , be generous , and lend me a helping - hand . In the first place , to get rid of the meeting , I am going to put a flannel round my throat , to tell my mother it is very sore , and I have ...
... Erskine to go with him to it . For once , Jane , be generous , and lend me a helping - hand . In the first place , to get rid of the meeting , I am going to put a flannel round my throat , to tell my mother it is very sore , and I have ...
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... Erskine , who was known as the ringleader of the ball - faction , stood beside Elvira . She smothered her rage for a few moments , and creeping softly to the passage , open- ed the door , and admitted the rebel , who followed her to ...
... Erskine , who was known as the ringleader of the ball - faction , stood beside Elvira . She smothered her rage for a few moments , and creeping softly to the passage , open- ed the door , and admitted the rebel , who followed her to ...
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... Erskine exclaimed to the young man next him , " By Jove , it is the most elegant composition I ever heard from a girl . Jane Elton has cer- tainly grown very handsome . " " Yes , " replied his friend ; " I always thought her pretty ...
... Erskine exclaimed to the young man next him , " By Jove , it is the most elegant composition I ever heard from a girl . Jane Elton has cer- tainly grown very handsome . " " Yes , " replied his friend ; " I always thought her pretty ...
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... Erskine ; " but I am sorry for her mortification . " The exhibition proceeded ; but as our heroine had no fur- ther concern with it , neither have we ; except to say , that it was equally honourable to the preceptor and pupils . The ...
... Erskine ; " but I am sorry for her mortification . " The exhibition proceeded ; but as our heroine had no fur- ther concern with it , neither have we ; except to say , that it was equally honourable to the preceptor and pupils . The ...
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... sixteen , ex- cept , that the gayety of her spirits was somewhat checked by the apprehension ( that seemed to have grown of late ) that Edward Erskine's affections , which had been vacillating for some 104 A NEW ENGLAND TALE .
... sixteen , ex- cept , that the gayety of her spirits was somewhat checked by the apprehension ( that seemed to have grown of late ) that Edward Erskine's affections , which had been vacillating for some 104 A NEW ENGLAND TALE .
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Page 144 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats ; For I am arm'd so strong in honesty, That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not.
Page 295 - Love thyself last; cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not; Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then, if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Page 29 - Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection; on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Page 41 - Him in whom it lives, showing first the blade, then the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear.
Page 212 - But in these cases We still have judgment here ; that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return To plague the inventor ; this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips.
Page 156 - To make us truly blest : If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest : Nae treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang ; The heart aye's the part aye, That makes us right or wrang.
Page 237 - Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.
Page 130 - The world, the clustering spheres He made, The glorious light, the soothing shade, Dale, champaign, grove and hill: The multitudinous abyss, 10 Where secrecy remains in bliss, And wisdom hides her skill. Tell them, I AM...
Page 145 - When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: 8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore. 9 For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
Page 24 - Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of these ye have done it unto Me.