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... tion . Fanny thought that the conver- sation was far too serious ; but as she could not easily change its tone , she was silent . " We should strive , " continued uncle Joseph , " to cultivate a happy and cheerful frame of mind . The ...
... tion . Fanny thought that the conver- sation was far too serious ; but as she could not easily change its tone , she was silent . " We should strive , " continued uncle Joseph , " to cultivate a happy and cheerful frame of mind . The ...
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... tion seemed centred in his children ; and Rose and her brother Walter were the dear companions of his widowed home . Their childhood passed like a calm , un- troubled dream ; and the increase of years only strengthened their love for ...
... tion seemed centred in his children ; and Rose and her brother Walter were the dear companions of his widowed home . Their childhood passed like a calm , un- troubled dream ; and the increase of years only strengthened their love for ...
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... tion of our failures is the first step towards their amendment . Rose thought long and deeply over her past life , during that quiet evening hour . lived only for self . She saw that she had hitherto Personal enjoy- ment had been the ...
... tion of our failures is the first step towards their amendment . Rose thought long and deeply over her past life , during that quiet evening hour . lived only for self . She saw that she had hitherto Personal enjoy- ment had been the ...
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... tion of her true position and responsi- bility . Life appeared invested with a sublime and sacred character . It was no longer regarded as a fitful alterna- tion of light and shadow ; as a verdant and flower - gemmed pathway , where the ...
... tion of her true position and responsi- bility . Life appeared invested with a sublime and sacred character . It was no longer regarded as a fitful alterna- tion of light and shadow ; as a verdant and flower - gemmed pathway , where the ...
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... tion in reflecting that her own feelings were so very sensitive . Hester too was silent , for she was thinking of the time when she would have felt exactly as her cousin did ; and she was thankful that her kind father and mother had ...
... tion in reflecting that her own feelings were so very sensitive . Hester too was silent , for she was thinking of the time when she would have felt exactly as her cousin did ; and she was thankful that her kind father and mother had ...
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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.