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... soon , " she continued , " follow one of my children to the grave , as to see her in that broad road to de- struction , which leads through a ball - room . " " It is easy enough , " replied Mrs. Convers , ( adjusting her smart mourning ...
... soon , " she continued , " follow one of my children to the grave , as to see her in that broad road to de- struction , which leads through a ball - room . " " It is easy enough , " replied Mrs. Convers , ( adjusting her smart mourning ...
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... soon thou hast began To wander forth . - BURNS . JANE received the intelligence of her destination without the slightest emotion . The world was " all before her , " and she cared not whither led her " mournful way . " Happily for her ...
... soon thou hast began To wander forth . - BURNS . JANE received the intelligence of her destination without the slightest emotion . The world was " all before her , " and she cared not whither led her " mournful way . " Happily for her ...
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... soon sleep , " she would say to Mary , " but the seed is already springing up . I am sure it will not lack the dews of Heaven ; and you , Mary , may live to see , though I shall not , ' first the blade , then the ear , and after that ...
... soon sleep , " she would say to Mary , " but the seed is already springing up . I am sure it will not lack the dews of Heaven ; and you , Mary , may live to see , though I shall not , ' first the blade , then the ear , and after that ...
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... dread their be- ing stripped off . " Oh , not at all . Mother seldom takes the trouble to in- quire into it ; and if she does , now and then , by accident , detect it , the storm soon blows over . She A NEW ENGLAND TALE . 61.
... dread their be- ing stripped off . " Oh , not at all . Mother seldom takes the trouble to in- quire into it ; and if she does , now and then , by accident , detect it , the storm soon blows over . She A NEW ENGLAND TALE . 61.
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CATHERINE M. SEDGWICK. detect it , the storm soon blows over . She has caught me in many a white lie , and black one too , and she has not been half so angry as when I have torn my frock , or lost a glove . Why , child , if you are going ...
CATHERINE M. SEDGWICK. detect it , the storm soon blows over . She has caught me in many a white lie , and black one too , and she has not been half so angry as when I have torn my frock , or lost a glove . Why , child , if you are going ...
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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.