Hours at Home, Volumen11Charles Scribner & Company, 1870 |
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... given to talk on subjects that were above her , or that at least assumed an amount of knowledge in her that she did not possess ; but then , Dudley was also in the habit of talking to her in this way , and so it seemed rather natural to ...
... given to talk on subjects that were above her , or that at least assumed an amount of knowledge in her that she did not possess ; but then , Dudley was also in the habit of talking to her in this way , and so it seemed rather natural to ...
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... given a shock that for the moment had had the effect of dulling all acute feeling in him of any kind . Some one that he knew came up to him just as they got back to the house , and he left Dudley to go up to the door alone , and stood ...
... given a shock that for the moment had had the effect of dulling all acute feeling in him of any kind . Some one that he knew came up to him just as they got back to the house , and he left Dudley to go up to the door alone , and stood ...
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... given way . She was clinging so to life ; and yet , cling as she would , life was slip- ping from her . One day when she was very weak , she clasped her feeble hands around Mr. Trevelyan's neck , almost with a sob . ' Grandpapa , hold ...
... given way . She was clinging so to life ; and yet , cling as she would , life was slip- ping from her . One day when she was very weak , she clasped her feeble hands around Mr. Trevelyan's neck , almost with a sob . ' Grandpapa , hold ...
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... given to the entire village . A prudent measure this , in the commissariat line , otherwise the father of the bride would have been impoverished by the marriage of his daughter . These tall fellows now sat down around us to receive our ...
... given to the entire village . A prudent measure this , in the commissariat line , otherwise the father of the bride would have been impoverished by the marriage of his daughter . These tall fellows now sat down around us to receive our ...
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... given as a marriage portion to those who were not handsome . Among mod- ern Syrians there is more acquaintance before marriage than formerly , and , con- sequently , greater opportunity for the parties to judge of each other's attrac ...
... given as a marriage portion to those who were not handsome . Among mod- ern Syrians there is more acquaintance before marriage than formerly , and , con- sequently , greater opportunity for the parties to judge of each other's attrac ...
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Página 59 - Little lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee, Gave thee life, and bid thee feed By the stream and o'er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing, woolly, bright; Gave thee such a tender voice, Making all the vales rejoice? Little lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Little lamb, I'll tell thee; Little lamb, I'll tell thee: He is called by thy name, For He calls Himself a Lamb. He is meek, and He is mild, He became a little child. I a child, and thou a lamb,...
Página 55 - When the Sun rises, do you not see a round disk of fire somewhat like a guinea?" "O no, no, I see an innumerable company of the Heavenly host crying, 'Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty".
Página 96 - SKETCHES OF CREATION. Sketches of Creation: a Popular View of some of the Grand Conclusions of the Sciences in reference to the History of Matter and of Life. Together with a Statement of the Intimations of Science respecting the Primordial Condition and the Ultimate Destiny of the Earth and the Solar System. By ALEXANDER WINCHELL, LL.D., Professor of Geology, Zoology, and Botany in the University of Michigan, and Director of the State Geological Survey.
Página 59 - My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O! my soul is white. White as an angel is the English child: But I am black as if bereav'd of light. My mother taught me underneath a tree And sitting down before the heat of day, She took me on her lap and kissed me, And pointing to the east began to say, Look on the rising sun: there God...
Página 185 - You expected bread, and you have got a stone ; break your teeth on it, and don't shriek because the nerves are martyrized : do not doubt that your mental stomach — if you have such a thing — is strong as an ostrich's — the stone will digest.
Página 56 - He led me through his gardens fair, Where all his golden pleasures grow. With sweet May dews my wings were wet, And Phoebus fired my vocal rage; He caught me in his silken net, And shut me in his golden cage. He loves to sit and hear me sing; Then, laughing, sports and plays with me; Then stretches out my golden wing, And mocks my loss of liberty.
Página 99 - We say, let your rogues in novels act like rogues, and your honest men like honest men ; don't let us have any juggling and thimblerigging with virtue and vice, so that, at the end of three volumes, the bewildered reader shall not know which is which...
Página 541 - AY, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck once red with heroes...
Página 57 - My smiles and languished air, By love are driven away; And mournful lean Despair Brings me yew to deck my grave: Such end true lovers have. His face is fair as heaven When springing buds unfold; Oh, why to him was't given, Whose heart is wintry cold?
Página 55 - What? - it will be questioned — when the Sun rises do you not see a round Disk of fire somewhat like a guinea? О no, no, I see an innumerable company of the Heavenly Host crying: Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God Almighty...