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... thought , sitting in the chair which she usually occupied . Edith believed she was weeping , as she often surprised her of late . Hastening to the side of the chair , she threw her arms about the neck of the one who sat there , and ...
... thought , sitting in the chair which she usually occupied . Edith believed she was weeping , as she often surprised her of late . Hastening to the side of the chair , she threw her arms about the neck of the one who sat there , and ...
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... thought the young minister , when Mrs. Goodwin had left him once more alone . A new and strange delight filled his soul , and he was even yet inspired with the presence of that mistaken caress . A hundred times , that evening , at least ...
... thought the young minister , when Mrs. Goodwin had left him once more alone . A new and strange delight filled his soul , and he was even yet inspired with the presence of that mistaken caress . A hundred times , that evening , at least ...
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... thought : " In the day of my trouble I will call upon Thee , for Thou wilt answer me . " " Dear Edith , be of good courage ! " said her mother , fold- ing her shawl more closely about her before she went out ; " remember the promises of ...
... thought : " In the day of my trouble I will call upon Thee , for Thou wilt answer me . " " Dear Edith , be of good courage ! " said her mother , fold- ing her shawl more closely about her before she went out ; " remember the promises of ...
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... thought your place was , like shining brass dogs , before the parlor fire ! Well , come on , and I'll give you a place where I can keep my eye on ye . We shall be the best of friends bimeby , shan't we ? " — and he tapped her familiarly ...
... thought your place was , like shining brass dogs , before the parlor fire ! Well , come on , and I'll give you a place where I can keep my eye on ye . We shall be the best of friends bimeby , shan't we ? " — and he tapped her familiarly ...
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... thought much about all this before , " said Maria ; “ and I am sure I thought I could do what others do , who are called such good people . " " But did your mother never teach you about these things ? " inquired Edith . " My mother's ...
... thought much about all this before , " said Maria ; “ and I am sure I thought I could do what others do , who are called such good people . " " But did your mother never teach you about these things ? " inquired Edith . " My mother's ...
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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...