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Page 21
She had, from nature, a slender constitution ; her health declined, and after
lingering for some months, she died with resignation, but not without a heart-
rending pang at the thought of leaving her child, poor, helpless, and friendless.
Little Jane ...
She had, from nature, a slender constitution ; her health declined, and after
lingering for some months, she died with resignation, but not without a heart-
rending pang at the thought of leaving her child, poor, helpless, and friendless.
Little Jane ...
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Mrs. Converse husband drove to the door in a smart gig, and she took leave of
her sisters, observing, she was glad the child was going to be so well provided
for. As she drove away, crazy Bet, who was standing by the gate, apparently
intently ...
Mrs. Converse husband drove to the door in a smart gig, and she took leave of
her sisters, observing, she was glad the child was going to be so well provided
for. As she drove away, crazy Bet, who was standing by the gate, apparently
intently ...
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There has One ' taken you up who will not leave you, nor forsake you.' ' The fires
may be about you, but they will not kindle on you.' Make the Bible your counsellor
; you will always find some good word there, that will be a light to you in the ...
There has One ' taken you up who will not leave you, nor forsake you.' ' The fires
may be about you, but they will not kindle on you.' Make the Bible your counsellor
; you will always find some good word there, that will be a light to you in the ...
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She rose and walked to the open window, about which she had trained a
beautiful honey-suckle. The sun had just risen, and the dew-drops on its leaves
sparkled in his rays. " Oh, Mary !" said she, " even my honey-suckle seems to
weep for ...
She rose and walked to the open window, about which she had trained a
beautiful honey-suckle. The sun had just risen, and the dew-drops on its leaves
sparkled in his rays. " Oh, Mary !" said she, " even my honey-suckle seems to
weep for ...
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How easy it is, we leave to those to determine who have sought to adjust their
lives by this divine rule. Mrs. Wilson rejected the name of the Pharisee ; but the
proud, oppressive, bitter spirit of the Jewish bigot was manifest in the
complacency ...
How easy it is, we leave to those to determine who have sought to adjust their
lives by this divine rule. Mrs. Wilson rejected the name of the Pharisee ; but the
proud, oppressive, bitter spirit of the Jewish bigot was manifest in the
complacency ...
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Page 142 - 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 293 - 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 27 - 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 39 - Him in whom it lives, showing first the blade, then the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear.
Page 210 - 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 154 - 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 235 - Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.
Page 128 - 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 143 - 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 22 - Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of these ye have done it unto Me.
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| Title | NEW ENGLAND TALE, AND MISCELLANIES |
| Author | CATHERINE M. SEDGWICK |
| Published | 1852 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2005 |
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