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Page 46
... means of in- creasing her virtues , and deepening the loveliness of her character . Her con- duct was marked by constant self - for- getfulness . She was ever ready to do a kind action for any one within her reach ; and the desire to ...
... means of in- creasing her virtues , and deepening the loveliness of her character . Her con- duct was marked by constant self - for- getfulness . She was ever ready to do a kind action for any one within her reach ; and the desire to ...
Page 55
... - ish enjoyment ; but while they con- tribute to your own happiness , they should also be regarded as the delight- ful means of increasing that of others . Be persuaded , young reader , to enjoy the luxury 55 ROSE CAMERON .
... - ish enjoyment ; but while they con- tribute to your own happiness , they should also be regarded as the delight- ful means of increasing that of others . Be persuaded , young reader , to enjoy the luxury 55 ROSE CAMERON .
Page 68
... mean and shabby . " " But , Amelia , my happiness will not be at all lessened by their criticisms on my bonnet , so long as it is clean and neat . I must do what appears to be right and just , even if I do run the risk of being styled ...
... mean and shabby . " " But , Amelia , my happiness will not be at all lessened by their criticisms on my bonnet , so long as it is clean and neat . I must do what appears to be right and just , even if I do run the risk of being styled ...
Page 77
... means desirous of listening to another of her sister's eulogiums ; " I liked the speech he made at the missionary meeting ex- ceedingly , but I think he need not have made so large a book ; though , to be sure , the print is none of the ...
... means desirous of listening to another of her sister's eulogiums ; " I liked the speech he made at the missionary meeting ex- ceedingly , but I think he need not have made so large a book ; though , to be sure , the print is none of the ...
Page 80
... mean ? " inquired her sister , rather warmly . " Oh , nothing particular , " rejoined the laughing girl as she left the room ; and then putting her head in again at the door , she added , " I hope you will write , and give me a full ...
... mean ? " inquired her sister , rather warmly . " Oh , nothing particular , " rejoined the laughing girl as she left the room ; and then putting her head in again at the door , she added , " I hope you will write , and give me a full ...
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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.