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... expressions might lead us to infer that the sunny path of her youth had been early shaded by sorrow ; but , in reality , she possessed more than a common share of the pleasures and gratifications of life . 20 HOME LIFE .
... expressions might lead us to infer that the sunny path of her youth had been early shaded by sorrow ; but , in reality , she possessed more than a common share of the pleasures and gratifications of life . 20 HOME LIFE .
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... earliest child- hood she had always been willing to yield , rather than dispute , her right . Yet , with all these pleasing qualifica- tions , Rose was really selfish ; perhaps , not less so than Fanny , only in a dif- 32 HOME LIFE .
... earliest child- hood she had always been willing to yield , rather than dispute , her right . Yet , with all these pleasing qualifica- tions , Rose was really selfish ; perhaps , not less so than Fanny , only in a dif- 32 HOME LIFE .
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... Rose , with her books , her music , and her garden , had often passed many happy and quiet hours by herself . Rose's early years had been un- usually bright and joyous . Brought up within the precincts 33 ROSE CAMERON .
... Rose , with her books , her music , and her garden , had often passed many happy and quiet hours by herself . Rose's early years had been un- usually bright and joyous . Brought up within the precincts 33 ROSE CAMERON .
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... little song- sters warbled as melodiously as in days gone by , and the rippling stream still murmured forth its perpetual music ; but the young , the gifted , and the beloved , was preparing for an early grave . Walter's 40 HOME LIFE .
... little song- sters warbled as melodiously as in days gone by , and the rippling stream still murmured forth its perpetual music ; but the young , the gifted , and the beloved , was preparing for an early grave . Walter's 40 HOME LIFE .
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... early and intimately acquainted with sorrow ; but her trials , like the precious showers that invigorate and fertilize the earth , had been the means of in- creasing her virtues , and deepening the loveliness of her character . Her con ...
... early and intimately acquainted with sorrow ; but her trials , like the precious showers that invigorate and fertilize the earth , had been the means of in- creasing her virtues , and deepening the loveliness of her character . Her con ...
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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.