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... present times , has a certain value , like that of a picture , however unskilfully wrought , that preserves with truth the features and costume of a past period . New sects have sprung up , old ones are abated or softened , and a ...
... present times , has a certain value , like that of a picture , however unskilfully wrought , that preserves with truth the features and costume of a past period . New sects have sprung up , old ones are abated or softened , and a ...
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... choked by thorns long ago . " Mrs. Wilson told Jane's attendant , Sally , to inform her , she might come to her house the next day , and stay there for the present . 2 * CHAPTER II . Or , haply , prest with cares A NEW ENGLAND TALE . 33.
... choked by thorns long ago . " Mrs. Wilson told Jane's attendant , Sally , to inform her , she might come to her house the next day , and stay there for the present . 2 * CHAPTER II . Or , haply , prest with cares A NEW ENGLAND TALE . 33.
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... present , it is but right you should take my advice . There is no doubt my brother's creditors have cheated him a hundred - fold the amount of these things ; for , poor man ! with all his faults , he was so generous , any body could ...
... present , it is but right you should take my advice . There is no doubt my brother's creditors have cheated him a hundred - fold the amount of these things ; for , poor man ! with all his faults , he was so generous , any body could ...
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... present independent enough to oppose its current . " Oh , Mary , " said Jane , when they were alone , " how glad I am you are going to live with such a good man ; how happy you must be ! And I too , Mary ; " and she hastily brushed away ...
... present independent enough to oppose its current . " Oh , Mary , " said Jane , when they were alone , " how glad I am you are going to live with such a good man ; how happy you must be ! And I too , Mary ; " and she hastily brushed away ...
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... present : you must remember , child , that I am at liberty to send you away at any time , whereas , as you will always be in debt to me , you can never be at liberty to go when you choose . It is a great trial to me to take you , but ...
... present : you must remember , child , that I am at liberty to send you away at any time , whereas , as you will always be in debt to me , you can never be at liberty to go when you choose . It is a great trial to me to take you , but ...
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A New England Tale: And Miscellanies (Classic Reprint) Catherine M. Sedgwick No preview available - 2017 |
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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.