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Page 43
... smile at the repeated mention of " Lucinda ; " and , to conceal his sensations , proposed that they should call at the cottage . Mr. Wellmont found Mrs. Hale a middle - aged , sensible- looking woman , with that subdued expression which ...
... smile at the repeated mention of " Lucinda ; " and , to conceal his sensations , proposed that they should call at the cottage . Mr. Wellmont found Mrs. Hale a middle - aged , sensible- looking woman , with that subdued expression which ...
Page 47
... smile , he descended to the parlor . He found a table laid with covered dishes , around which , at their several chairs , stood Deacon Dennis , his wife , and daughter Alitha , and two children . By request , Mr. Well- mont invoked a ...
... smile , he descended to the parlor . He found a table laid with covered dishes , around which , at their several chairs , stood Deacon Dennis , his wife , and daughter Alitha , and two children . By request , Mr. Well- mont invoked a ...
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... smile , and the look of his clear , full eye , so kindly , almost loving ! " But , perceiving her mother's peculiar expression , she stopped abruptly , and blushed deeply . " If such persons only knew the great , the infinite happiness ...
... smile , and the look of his clear , full eye , so kindly , almost loving ! " But , perceiving her mother's peculiar expression , she stopped abruptly , and blushed deeply . " If such persons only knew the great , the infinite happiness ...
Page 64
... and I think they are proud of me . It is somewhat of a task , as many a minister has found it before , to go around among all of them indiscriminately , and smile , and inquire , and make myself their property . I 64 EDITH HALE .
... and I think they are proud of me . It is somewhat of a task , as many a minister has found it before , to go around among all of them indiscriminately , and smile , and inquire , and make myself their property . I 64 EDITH HALE .
Page 75
... he asked ? " said Edith , smiling . " Not quite that ; but when I did go I was not so much mortified that I could not speak or act myself at all . I had scarcely bestowed a thought upon my dress before ; yet EDITH HALE . 75.
... he asked ? " said Edith , smiling . " Not quite that ; but when I did go I was not so much mortified that I could not speak or act myself at all . I had scarcely bestowed a thought upon my dress before ; yet EDITH HALE . 75.
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50 cents an't appearance asked Balaam beautiful Bertrade Bessie better blessed called Celesta cents child church Circassia continued Crabtree Deacon Dennis dear Mary Dithy divine door Edith Hale emotion exclaimed eyes face Father Shaw fear feel fell felt friends gentleman girl Hagar hand head hear heard heart heaven hope Hugh Oliver Humphrey husband inquired interest Julia knew lady late leave Linn looked Loomey Lund Maria marriage married Mary Mary Pickering minister Miss Leah morning mother muslin never observed once parish pause Phanuel Pickering poor prayer preach present Raymond Regleton rejoined replied Edith returned rience Sabbath scarcely seemed smile solemn Solomon soon soul speak spirit spoke suddenly summoned Swinton tears tell things thought tion turned uncle voice walk Waterbury Wellmont wife wish Witherell woman words young Zephaniah Wilkins
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Page 298 - In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon, the chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs...
Page 143 - O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw and resolve itself into a dew! Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon
Page 67 - Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.
Page 185 - And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, "It is my people:" and they shall say, "The Lord is my God.
Page 246 - But it shall not be so among you ; but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister ; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant...
Page 411 - Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Page 339 - Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire : your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
Page 394 - For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for? and what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
Page 33 - Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience' sake. For, for this cause pay ye tribute also : for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. Render therefore to all, their dues : tribute, to whom tribute is due ; custom, to whom custom ; fear, to whom fear; honor, to whom honor.
Page 92 - Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry...