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... coloured at her own enthusiasm when she finished speaking ; for her natural timidity and reserve generally made her shrink from expressing the convictions which she felt . " Oh , do not trouble yourself , Rose , " remarked Elizabeth ...
... coloured at her own enthusiasm when she finished speaking ; for her natural timidity and reserve generally made her shrink from expressing the convictions which she felt . " Oh , do not trouble yourself , Rose , " remarked Elizabeth ...
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... coloured slightly , and her netting - needles moved with increasing speed . " I still think , " she said , " that my own opinion is the right one ; but I do not wish , " she added , with the air of one who had seen much more of life ...
... coloured slightly , and her netting - needles moved with increasing speed . " I still think , " she said , " that my own opinion is the right one ; but I do not wish , " she added , with the air of one who had seen much more of life ...
Page 66
... coloured ribbon ; it will look exquisite . " " It is certainly very light and pretty , " responded her cousin , in a tone of ap- proval . " Yes , it is sweetly pretty , " said Amelia , employing a phrase which seems a great favourite ...
... coloured ribbon ; it will look exquisite . " " It is certainly very light and pretty , " responded her cousin , in a tone of ap- proval . " Yes , it is sweetly pretty , " said Amelia , employing a phrase which seems a great favourite ...
Page 68
... coloured one , because it was not so costly . A good serviceable shawl was bought for nurse : and as Hester remarked the respect- able appearance of the old woman , when she came in it to the house of God 69 HOME LIFE .
... coloured one , because it was not so costly . A good serviceable shawl was bought for nurse : and as Hester remarked the respect- able appearance of the old woman , when she came in it to the house of God 69 HOME LIFE .
Page 70
... - ceedingly bright . " But do not you call it pretty ? " persisted Emily , with more earnestness than politeness ; " does it not just suit Mary's complexion ? " Hester coloured slightly , but she steadily replied , " 70 HOME LIFE .
... - ceedingly bright . " But do not you call it pretty ? " persisted Emily , with more earnestness than politeness ; " does it not just suit Mary's complexion ? " Hester coloured slightly , but she steadily replied , " 70 HOME LIFE .
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Page 102 - He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much : and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
Page 175 - Wilt thou not from this time cry unto Me : — " My father, Thou art the guide of my youth?
Page 117 - Therefore," says he, in his lofty reasoning, " let no man glory in men ; for all things are yours; whether the world, or life, or death, or things present or things to come ; all are yours, and ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's !
Page 29 - Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; " Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Page 42 - So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; So gently shuts the eye of day; So dies a wave along the shore.
Page 29 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time ; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Page 55 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Page 48 - For the love of Christ constraineth us —because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead ; and that he died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them and rose again.
Page 56 - SMALL service is true service while it lasts : Of humblest Friends, bright Creature ! scorn not one ; The Daisy, by the shadow that it casts, Protects the lingering dew-drop from the Sun.
Page 52 - O that I had wings like a dove : for then would I flee away, and be at rest.