Good WordsA. Strahan and Company, 1876 |
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... tell him , suppose he'll hearken to me ? " It's " Tell him Rachel Trevor has walked all the way from Thornbury , " she said , “ to see her little girl Rosy , and take her out of the house . I'm dead tired and worn out , and I don't know ...
... tell him , suppose he'll hearken to me ? " It's " Tell him Rachel Trevor has walked all the way from Thornbury , " she said , “ to see her little girl Rosy , and take her out of the house . I'm dead tired and worn out , and I don't know ...
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... tell the truth ; which woman art thee ? " It was a hard question for Rachel . It seemed easy enough to declare herself an honest woman , and deceive the simple and kindly countryman . She was ready to tell the lie ; the words were upon ...
... tell the truth ; which woman art thee ? " It was a hard question for Rachel . It seemed easy enough to declare herself an honest woman , and deceive the simple and kindly countryman . She was ready to tell the lie ; the words were upon ...
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... tell its own story . I may just premise that my descriptions refer almost exclusively to the Scottish side of the Cheviots - which is not only the most pic- turesque , but also the most interesting , both in an antiquarian and ...
... tell its own story . I may just premise that my descriptions refer almost exclusively to the Scottish side of the Cheviots - which is not only the most pic- turesque , but also the most interesting , both in an antiquarian and ...
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... TELL MISS SMITH TO SEND very knitting , and the magazine which she MISS HATTON AND HERE . " JmR ring . MISS PLEASANCE T had been reading , and which lay open on the table before her . In the third , those essentials of a school drawing ...
... TELL MISS SMITH TO SEND very knitting , and the magazine which she MISS HATTON AND HERE . " JmR ring . MISS PLEASANCE T had been reading , and which lay open on the table before her . In the third , those essentials of a school drawing ...
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... tell his death to his daughters , whom she has never seen , can sit and rejoice in her elegant clothes and make faces ? " thought Miss Cayley to herself . Very probably she did not make sufficient allowance for a formal woman of the ...
... tell his death to his daughters , whom she has never seen , can sit and rejoice in her elegant clothes and make faces ? " thought Miss Cayley to herself . Very probably she did not make sufficient allowance for a formal woman of the ...
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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.