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... father but his active mind : from her mother she had derived a pure and gentle spirit ; but this would have been quite insufficient to produce the result of such a character as hers , without the aid of her mother's vigilant , and , for ...
... father but his active mind : from her mother she had derived a pure and gentle spirit ; but this would have been quite insufficient to produce the result of such a character as hers , without the aid of her mother's vigilant , and , for ...
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... father and mother . And she might as well , " ( she continued , in a tone low enough not to be heard , ) 66 for any good they will do her . " The eldest sister began the conference by saying , “ That she trusted it was not expected she ...
... father and mother . And she might as well , " ( she continued , in a tone low enough not to be heard , ) 66 for any good they will do her . " The eldest sister began the conference by saying , “ That she trusted it was not expected she ...
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... Father . It were better that a mill - stone were hanged about your neck . " Then , courtseying to the ground , she left them . Bet's solemn and slow manner of pronouncing this warn- ing , was so different from her usually hurried ...
... Father . It were better that a mill - stone were hanged about your neck . " Then , courtseying to the ground , she left them . Bet's solemn and slow manner of pronouncing this warn- ing , was so different from her usually hurried ...
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... bands of love . She had been taught even more by the example than the precepts of her mother . She had seen her mother bear with meekness the asperity and unreasonableness of her father's temper , and often turn 40 A NEW ENGLAND TALE .
... bands of love . She had been taught even more by the example than the precepts of her mother . She had seen her mother bear with meekness the asperity and unreasonableness of her father's temper , and often turn 40 A NEW ENGLAND TALE .
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CATHERINE M. SEDGWICK. and unreasonableness of her father's temper , and often turn away his wrath with a soft answer . The law of imitation is deeply impressed on our nature . Jane had insensibly fallen into her mother's ways , and had ...
CATHERINE M. SEDGWICK. and unreasonableness of her father's temper , and often turn away his wrath with a soft answer . The law of imitation is deeply impressed on our nature . Jane had insensibly fallen into her mother's ways , and had ...
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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.