Good WordsA. Strahan and Company, 1879 |
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Page 12
... Nature herself , speaking the voice of our heart , seems to echo it ; we think we hear it in the sighing of the stream and in the whisper on the moor ; it comes to us out of the endlessness of the midnight sky that seems to be burdened ...
... Nature herself , speaking the voice of our heart , seems to echo it ; we think we hear it in the sighing of the stream and in the whisper on the moor ; it comes to us out of the endlessness of the midnight sky that seems to be burdened ...
Page 37
... nature as well as man ; preaching , speaking , examining daily ; keeping up the corre- spondence rendered necessary ... natural history and archeology , to say nothing of Oriental MSS . on which he lectured to his students and friends ...
... nature as well as man ; preaching , speaking , examining daily ; keeping up the corre- spondence rendered necessary ... natural history and archeology , to say nothing of Oriental MSS . on which he lectured to his students and friends ...
Page 46
... natural dread , we contemplate the possibility of change . If we cannot get clear information as to the future in this ... nature is not only comparatively limited , but it is contra- dicted by tokens of previous convulsions and the ...
... natural dread , we contemplate the possibility of change . If we cannot get clear information as to the future in this ... nature is not only comparatively limited , but it is contra- dicted by tokens of previous convulsions and the ...
Page 61
... nature were with his mistress . He reflected as in and her worldly bent . He was as vehe- ment in his religious principles , and as convinced of the natural superiority and ex- tensive dues of the Fearnavoil Manse family , and of ...
... nature were with his mistress . He reflected as in and her worldly bent . He was as vehe- ment in his religious principles , and as convinced of the natural superiority and ex- tensive dues of the Fearnavoil Manse family , and of ...
Page 64
... natural antagonism between the two servants , which , in the beginning , took with Malise the form of rage and aver ... nature of things that Malise , quickly alive to the benefits without pausing to inquire narrowly into their origin ...
... natural antagonism between the two servants , which , in the beginning , took with Malise the form of rage and aver ... nature of things that Malise , quickly alive to the benefits without pausing to inquire narrowly into their origin ...
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Afghanistan beautiful bells Cabul called character Christ Christian Church cousin dark daughter dear Divine Donald Drumchatt English eyes face fact faith father Fearnavoil feel feet felt Frank Tempest friends girl Glen Glen Roy Glen Spean grey hand heart Highland hills honour Hopkins hour human islands Jardine Jenny Jujurieux Kandahar Kioto knew labour Lady Jean land Laura light living Loch locks looked Lord Macdonald Malise manse marriage ment miles mind minister mission missionary monsieur moral morning mother mountains Moydart nature ness Neuchâtel never nitrous oxide North Uist Novaya Zemlya once Outer Hebrides Parsee passed poor Reynier Richerden rocks Roderick round seemed seen ship side Silence silk spirit Spitzbergen Stornoway things thought tion town Unah Unah's walk whole Willem Barents wind woman women words young
Popular passages
Page 13 - My words fly up, my thoughts remain below : Words, without thoughts, never to heaven go.
Page 13 - And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people ? why is it that thou hast sent me ? for since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people ; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.
Page 457 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 541 - I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin which dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am ! Who will deliver me from this body of death...
Page 300 - And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day ? And he said, Yea, I know it ; hold ye your peace.
Page 230 - Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from «• following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 304 - Behold my servant, whom I uphold ; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth ; I have put my spirit upon him : he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
Page 301 - And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. So is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Page 141 - Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go ? thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
Page 371 - Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see : She has deceived her father, and may thee.