Scribners Monthly, Volume 6Scribner & Company, 1873 - Literature |
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... matter except a rent in his coat . Aunt Polly noticed the torn garment before his brief explanation was ended , and in the kindness of her heart insisted that it should come in for repairs . " She was wash- ing , to be sure , and Becky ...
... matter except a rent in his coat . Aunt Polly noticed the torn garment before his brief explanation was ended , and in the kindness of her heart insisted that it should come in for repairs . " She was wash- ing , to be sure , and Becky ...
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... matter . " Hoping that the occasion would give me an opportunity to present my friend and my sister to Mrs. Bel- den , I urged her to go with me , and she at last consented to do so . I had strongly desired to see my friend Millie once ...
... matter . " Hoping that the occasion would give me an opportunity to present my friend and my sister to Mrs. Bel- den , I urged her to go with me , and she at last consented to do so . I had strongly desired to see my friend Millie once ...
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... matter all over , and laid our plans together . We agreed to stand by one another in all emergencies - in sickness , in trouble , in danger - and to be faithful critics and Mentors of each other . We went at once into the weekly prayer ...
... matter all over , and laid our plans together . We agreed to stand by one another in all emergencies - in sickness , in trouble , in danger - and to be faithful critics and Mentors of each other . We went at once into the weekly prayer ...
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... matter in our walks and times of leisure , and the result was to disgust us with the semi - professional wordiness of the meetings , as well as with the little body of windy talkers who made those meetings so fruitless and unattractive ...
... matter in our walks and times of leisure , and the result was to disgust us with the semi - professional wordiness of the meetings , as well as with the little body of windy talkers who made those meetings so fruitless and unattractive ...
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... matter how great his tal- ents , how high his integrity , how untiring his industry , can escape the paralyzing influ- ence of such a system . The very constitu- tion of human nature forbids that a man should display the same energy or ...
... matter how great his tal- ents , how high his integrity , how untiring his industry , can escape the paralyzing influ- ence of such a system . The very constitu- tion of human nature forbids that a man should display the same energy or ...
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Page 330 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said : " The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 446 - The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.
Page 330 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which in the providence of God must needs come, but which having continued through his appointed time, he now wills to remove, and...
Page 330 - God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God .always ascribe to Him ? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.
Page 458 - ... are anxious to be agreeable to him ; and no man, but a very impudent dog indeed, can as freely command what is in another man's house, as if it were his own. Whereas at a tavern there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome ; and the more noise you make, the more- trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No...
Page 538 - Scud black and swift across the sky; Like silent ghosts in misty shrouds Stand out the white lighthouses high. Almost as far as eye can reach I see the close-reefed vessels fly, As fast we flit along the beach, One little sandpiper and I.
Page 328 - His hand is in it. If He has a place and work for me, and I think He has, I believe I am ready. I am nothing, but truth is everything. I know I am right, because I know that liberty is right, for Christ teaches it, and Christ is God. I have told them that a house divided against itself cannot stand, and Christ and reason say the same, and they will find it so.
Page 58 - tis and ever was my wish and way To let all flowers live freely, and all die, Whene'er their Genius bids their souls depart, Among their kindred in their native place. I never pluck the rose; the violet's head Hath shaken with my breath upon its bank And not reproacht me; the ever-sacred cup Of the pure lily hath between my hands Felt safe, unsoiled, nor lost one grain of gold.
Page 328 - I know there is a God, and that He hates injustice and slavery. I see the storm coming, and I know that His hand is in it. If He has a place and work for me — and I think He has — I believe I am ready. I am nothing, but truth is everything. I know I am right because I know that liberty is right, for Christ teaches it, and Christ is God.
Page 329 - Christian soldiers and sailors, a becoming deference to the best sentiment of a Christian people, and a due regard for the Divine will, demand that Sunday labor in the army and navy be reduced to the measure of strict necessity. The discipline and character of the National forces should not suffer, nor the cause they defend be imperiled, by the profanation of the day or name of the Most High. "At this time of public distress," adopting the words of Washington in 1776, " men may find enough to do...