The Lady of the Manor, 1. köideHoulston and Wright, 1860 - 438 pages |
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... beautiful . But she still retained a graceful person , together with an exceedingly animated and agreeable countenance : and what was peculiarly admirable in eve- ry part of her manners and deportment was , that she never seemed to be ...
... beautiful . But she still retained a graceful person , together with an exceedingly animated and agreeable countenance : and what was peculiarly admirable in eve- ry part of her manners and deportment was , that she never seemed to be ...
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... beautiful prospects . From the front windows was seen a dingle of the park , formed by two considerable eminences , on whose sloping sides were lofty trees combined in picturesque groups , In the depth of this dingle a small stream ...
... beautiful prospects . From the front windows was seen a dingle of the park , formed by two considerable eminences , on whose sloping sides were lofty trees combined in picturesque groups , In the depth of this dingle a small stream ...
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... beautiful works of creation , and to consider them as so many earnests of what the Father of all good has promised to provide for those who love him , in the world to come : so that every tree and every flower , the murmuring brooks and ...
... beautiful works of creation , and to consider them as so many earnests of what the Father of all good has promised to provide for those who love him , in the world to come : so that every tree and every flower , the murmuring brooks and ...
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... beautiful and accomplished daughter of the Earl of " At the age of eighteen , Lady Caroline was taken out of the hands of her governess , and introduced at Court . Her appearance there , we heard , was brilliant , and her success ...
... beautiful and accomplished daughter of the Earl of " At the age of eighteen , Lady Caroline was taken out of the hands of her governess , and introduced at Court . Her appearance there , we heard , was brilliant , and her success ...
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... beautiful object of my envy and admiration had ceased to breathe . " I can give you no idea of my feelings on this affect- ing occasion ; they were mingled emotions of terror , pi- ty , and amazement . I had never conceived the 20 THE ...
... beautiful object of my envy and admiration had ceased to breathe . " I can give you no idea of my feelings on this affect- ing occasion ; they were mingled emotions of terror , pi- ty , and amazement . I had never conceived the 20 THE ...
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Page 7 - John, who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost (for as yet he was fallen upon none of them; only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus). Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
Page 73 - But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him; for the Lord seeth not as man seeth ; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Page 152 - For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Page 73 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? may I not wash in them and be clean ? ' So he turned and went away in a rage.
Page 196 - Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was an hungered and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger and ye took me in; naked and ye clothed me: I was sick and ye visited me; I was in prison and ye came unto me.
Page 362 - Works done before the grace of Christ, and the Inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ; neither do they make men meet to receive grace, or (as the...
Page 271 - God is faithful, who will not suffer" us " to be tempted above that" we " are able ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that " we
Page 283 - God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires, known, and from whom no secrets are hid...
Page 267 - Original Sin standeth not in the following of Adam, (as the Pelagians do vainly talk;) but it is the fault and corruption of the Nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to the spirit; and therefore in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.
Page 361 - They did promise and vow three things in my name. First, that I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh.