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... Trouble and misery are the only certainties of life . " Margaret shook her head . " You forget , " she said , " the innumerable blessings which are so constantly show- ered upon us ; and the rich joys and gratifications which gladden ...
... Trouble and misery are the only certainties of life . " Margaret shook her head . " You forget , " she said , " the innumerable blessings which are so constantly show- ered upon us ; and the rich joys and gratifications which gladden ...
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... troubles , and diminish our mercies ; and that if any one closes his eyes to the bright radiance of the sun , and then complains of the darkness , the fault is in himself . I am afraid I shall not have the poets on my side , ” con ...
... troubles , and diminish our mercies ; and that if any one closes his eyes to the bright radiance of the sun , and then complains of the darkness , the fault is in himself . I am afraid I shall not have the poets on my side , ” con ...
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... trouble yourself , Rose , " remarked Elizabeth ; " Fanny has not really a worse opinion of other people than we have , only her imagination sometimes looks at them through a false medium . " Fanny , however , persisted in adher- ing to ...
... trouble yourself , Rose , " remarked Elizabeth ; " Fanny has not really a worse opinion of other people than we have , only her imagination sometimes looks at them through a false medium . " Fanny , however , persisted in adher- ing to ...
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... troubles . Her character was marked by many pleasing traits ; but it was too evident that the centre of all her thoughts , wishes , and schemes , was self . Everything was estimated by the plea- sure or annoyance which it occasioned her ...
... troubles . Her character was marked by many pleasing traits ; but it was too evident that the centre of all her thoughts , wishes , and schemes , was self . Everything was estimated by the plea- sure or annoyance which it occasioned her ...
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... trouble ; and the pains and privations which many of our fellow - creatures endure , must excite our strongest sym- pathy . The tale of suffering is written on many a care - worn brow , and grief lays its hand on the peasant as well as ...
... trouble ; and the pains and privations which many of our fellow - creatures endure , must excite our strongest sym- pathy . The tale of suffering is written on many a care - worn brow , and grief lays its hand on the peasant as well as ...
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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.