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... heard it . It was upon the eve of their departure that M. and his young friend walked for the last time to the cottage of Mad . de N. She had been long familiar with the method of education which M. had adopted . This last scheme was ...
... heard it . It was upon the eve of their departure that M. and his young friend walked for the last time to the cottage of Mad . de N. She had been long familiar with the method of education which M. had adopted . This last scheme was ...
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... heard from the lips of her parents were those by which they taught her to honour God and her knees were bent and her hands clasped in the at- titude of devotion long before it was possible for her to know the object of prayer . They ...
... heard from the lips of her parents were those by which they taught her to honour God and her knees were bent and her hands clasped in the at- titude of devotion long before it was possible for her to know the object of prayer . They ...
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... heard his door close , and , although she felt the cruelty and the desperation of that sorrow which refuses to communicate itself , she little thought that he had now shut himself from her and from the world for ever . " After I quitted ...
... heard his door close , and , although she felt the cruelty and the desperation of that sorrow which refuses to communicate itself , she little thought that he had now shut himself from her and from the world for ever . " After I quitted ...
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... heard the slightest noise , she would shriek aloud , " A pistol ! ' - and rush towards the sound . Even now , if she sees the mountain sportsman , with his gun , pursuing the wild chamois amidst the rocks of St. Foy , she will hasten to ...
... heard the slightest noise , she would shriek aloud , " A pistol ! ' - and rush towards the sound . Even now , if she sees the mountain sportsman , with his gun , pursuing the wild chamois amidst the rocks of St. Foy , she will hasten to ...
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... heard him speak . The harangue , however , had scarcely reached the preacher ; for he and the " deaf adder " had a property in common , which rendered the head and heart equally impregnable . Some tones , indeed , he caught , which ...
... heard him speak . The harangue , however , had scarcely reached the preacher ; for he and the " deaf adder " had a property in common , which rendered the head and heart equally impregnable . Some tones , indeed , he caught , which ...
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Page 19 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream : The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Page 98 - Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers ; neither take thou vengeance of our sins : spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever.
Page 58 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent, That day he overcame the Nervii: Look, in this place ran Cassius...
Page 53 - Though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Page 72 - Fear not : for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
Page 67 - Finally brethren, farewell : be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace ; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
Page 102 - I know in Whom I have believed ; and I am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day.
Page 130 - Infant. the sweet flower that scents the morn, But withers in the rising day ; Thus lovely was this infant's dawn, Thus swiftly fled its life away. 2 It died ere its expanding soul Had ever burnt with wrong desires, Had ever spurn'd at heaven's control, Or ever quench'd its sacred fires.
Page 47 - The secret things* belong unto the LORD our God: but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Page 114 - Father's temple ours,— • Woe to the hand by which it falls ; A thousand spirits watch its towers, A cloud of angels guard its walls.