Golden hours, ed. by W.M. WhittemoreWilliam Meynell Whittemore 1882 |
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Page 455
... Mildred broke from her and fell upon her mother's senseless form and kissed it passionately . CHAPTER II . - SORROWFUL AND ALONE . HE funeral was over . The grave had received all that remained of the THE either the value or the want of ...
... Mildred broke from her and fell upon her mother's senseless form and kissed it passionately . CHAPTER II . - SORROWFUL AND ALONE . HE funeral was over . The grave had received all that remained of the THE either the value or the want of ...
Page 456
... Mildred said this very calmly , but at the mention of Horace Bentham's name she had blushed deeply . " Oh yes , very charming and very clever ; and I am sure he was very much in love with you . " " Nonsense , " said Mildred , rather con ...
... Mildred said this very calmly , but at the mention of Horace Bentham's name she had blushed deeply . " Oh yes , very charming and very clever ; and I am sure he was very much in love with you . " " Nonsense , " said Mildred , rather con ...
Page 519
... Mildred in a feverish state of anxiety . It was a strange and perilous situation for so young a girl to be placed in , and she looked round her with dismay . What was she to do ? How was she to meet this new trouble ? She went to her ...
... Mildred in a feverish state of anxiety . It was a strange and perilous situation for so young a girl to be placed in , and she looked round her with dismay . What was she to do ? How was she to meet this new trouble ? She went to her ...
Page 522
... Mildred began to find that the weekly drain upon her small capital was diminishing fast , and she was hoping that , as she acquired more proficiency , it would cease altogether ; when one Sunday in the New Road she was induced - no an ...
... Mildred began to find that the weekly drain upon her small capital was diminishing fast , and she was hoping that , as she acquired more proficiency , it would cease altogether ; when one Sunday in the New Road she was induced - no an ...
Page 523
... Mildred's misfortunes they there with rich boxes filled with roses . endeavoured to find where she had gone to ; The ... Mildred and her hus- letters , but as Mildred had not given her band , a tall , finely - formed man with an ...
... Mildred's misfortunes they there with rich boxes filled with roses . endeavoured to find where she had gone to ; The ... Mildred and her hus- letters , but as Mildred had not given her band , a tall , finely - formed man with an ...
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Page 467 - The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, And his word was in my tongue. The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, Ruling in the fear of God.
Page 84 - Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple : and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters : and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Page 465 - My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise,— The son of parents passed into the skies!
Page 464 - Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice ; surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it...
Page 51 - And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep ; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand ; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Page 338 - Ye whose hearts are fresh and simple, Who have faith in God and Nature, Who believe, that in all ages Every human heart is human, That in even savage bosoms There are longings, yearnings, strivings, For the good they comprehend not, That the feeble hands and helpless, Groping blindly in the darkness, Touch God's right hand in that darkness And are lifted up and strengthened...
Page 512 - A pleasing land of drowsy -head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky...
Page 221 - O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
Page 338 - Died on his lips, and their motion revealed what his tongue would have spoken. Vainly he strove to rise ; and Evangeline, kneeling beside him, Kissed his dying lips, and laid his head on her bosom. Sweet was the light of his eyes ; but it suddenly sank into darkness, As when a lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement.
Page 288 - Friend : but before you come to that, certain it is, that whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the communicating and- discoursing with another ; he tosseth his thoughts more easily, he marshalleth them more orderly, he seeth how they look when they are turned into words. Finally, he waxeth wiser than himself; and that more by mi hour's discourse, than by a day's meditation.