Good WordsA. Strahan and Company, 1876 |
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... mother's been all this while ! But I haven't a friend in all the world now . " she could not read it readily , for it was only within the last two years , that , to please the chaplain , she had set herself to learn to read and write ...
... mother's been all this while ! But I haven't a friend in all the world now . " she could not read it readily , for it was only within the last two years , that , to please the chaplain , she had set herself to learn to read and write ...
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... mother again . Rachel did not think of any change in her . She could only recol- lect the rosy little face , the small , dimpled hands , and curly golden hair of her child . She had been passionately fond of her baby ; and the bitterest ...
... mother again . Rachel did not think of any change in her . She could only recol- lect the rosy little face , the small , dimpled hands , and curly golden hair of her child . She had been passionately fond of her baby ; and the bitterest ...
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... mother , and must produce proof of it . More than once during the day she had unfolded the chaplain's letter and spelt out the words in it , and now in the dim light she looked at it once more to give her courage . " Thou , God , seest ...
... mother , and must produce proof of it . More than once during the day she had unfolded the chaplain's letter and spelt out the words in it , and now in the dim light she looked at it once more to give her courage . " Thou , God , seest ...
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... mother , and I've come to take her away , " she said . " So ! you are Rachel Trevor ! " he ex- cla imed , speaking in slower tones , and look- ing more closely at her , " and you've just served your time out in Thornbury jail for the ...
... mother , and I've come to take her away , " she said . " So ! you are Rachel Trevor ! " he ex- cla imed , speaking in slower tones , and look- ing more closely at her , " and you've just served your time out in Thornbury jail for the ...
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... mother's heart , and God knows how you was tempted . Eat that , as you go along , my dear . " CHAPTER IV . - TROUBLED WATERS . WITH heart bowed down , and with slow and weary footsteps , Rachel passed out into the snowy lane . It had ...
... mother's heart , and God knows how you was tempted . Eat that , as you go along , my dear . " CHAPTER IV . - TROUBLED WATERS . WITH heart bowed down , and with slow and weary footsteps , Rachel passed out into the snowy lane . It had ...
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Page 201 - Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Page 342 - For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed ; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.
Page 341 - And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud...
Page 198 - Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be joyful together before the LORD : for he cometh to judge the earth. 10. With righteousness shall he judge the world: and the people with equity.
Page 342 - For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
Page 18 - But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers...
Page 94 - I knew a very wise man so much of Sir Chr — 's sentiment, that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Page 195 - Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes...
Page 384 - And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
Page 466 - I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite. And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.