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... months . This is a common delusion . We all know that from the habits of our people in a country town , it is utterly impossi ble for the most watchful and skilful manoeuverer , to keep his pecuniary affairs secret from the keen and ...
... months . This is a common delusion . We all know that from the habits of our people in a country town , it is utterly impossi ble for the most watchful and skilful manoeuverer , to keep his pecuniary affairs secret from the keen and ...
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... , maintained by stratagem the appearance of prosperity for some months , when a violent fe- ver ended his struggle with the tide of fortune that had set against him , and consigned him to that place where 20 A NEW ENGLAND TALE .
... , maintained by stratagem the appearance of prosperity for some months , when a violent fe- ver ended his struggle with the tide of fortune that had set against him , and consigned him to that place where 20 A NEW ENGLAND TALE .
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... 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 had nursed her mother with fidelity and ten- derness , and performed ...
... 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 had nursed her mother with fidelity and ten- derness , and performed ...
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... months ' duration ; and Elvira had returned to her home , at the age of sixteen , with a farrago of romance superadded to her home - bred duplicity . Martha was two years older than her sister , and 62 A NEW ENGLAND TALE .
... months ' duration ; and Elvira had returned to her home , at the age of sixteen , with a farrago of romance superadded to her home - bred duplicity . Martha was two years older than her sister , and 62 A NEW ENGLAND TALE .
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... months after Jane entered her aunt's family , an un- usual commotion had been produced in the village of by an event of rare occurrence . This was no less than the arrival of a dancing - master , and the issuing of proposals for a ...
... months after Jane entered her aunt's family , an un- usual commotion had been produced in the village of by an event of rare occurrence . This was no less than the arrival of a dancing - master , and the issuing of proposals for a ...
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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.