The Living Age, Volume 87E. Littell & Company, 1865 |
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... once more extinguished the light . I took no further no- tice of them and went to sleep . The next night several got into my hammock ; I seized them as they were crawling over me , and dashed them against the wall . The next morning I ...
... once more extinguished the light . I took no further no- tice of them and went to sleep . The next night several got into my hammock ; I seized them as they were crawling over me , and dashed them against the wall . The next morning I ...
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... once , must write to the lawyer in very strong terms , refusing altogether to have anything to do with the money . And in such a case as this , not a word could she say to her fa- ther either on one subject or on the other . But why ...
... once , must write to the lawyer in very strong terms , refusing altogether to have anything to do with the money . And in such a case as this , not a word could she say to her fa- ther either on one subject or on the other . But why ...
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... once oc- curred to her that he had remained at hom with the view of catching her as she went away . He came up to her just as she was passing through the gate , and offered her his right hand as he raised his hat with his left . It ...
... once oc- curred to her that he had remained at hom with the view of catching her as she went away . He came up to her just as she was passing through the gate , and offered her his right hand as he raised his hat with his left . It ...
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... once said something about Mrs. Askerton in the presence of both Clara and Belton , they both of them shrank from the subject in a manner that made Clara understand that any conversation about the Askertons was to be avoided . On the ...
... once said something about Mrs. Askerton in the presence of both Clara and Belton , they both of them shrank from the subject in a manner that made Clara understand that any conversation about the Askertons was to be avoided . On the ...
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... once they should be brought face to face . And as long as Captain Aylmer seemed to take her part rather than that of ... once perceive that all ac- quaintance between you and the lady should be brought to an end . Indeed your own sense ...
... once they should be brought face to face . And as long as Captain Aylmer seemed to take her part rather than that of ... once perceive that all ac- quaintance between you and the lady should be brought to an end . Indeed your own sense ...
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Page 81 - And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations : and he shall rule them with a rod of iron : and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.
Page 478 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
Page 243 - I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world ; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.
Page 75 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God, for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man. "But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Page 478 - In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which if followed the world will forever applaud and God must forever bless.
Page 478 - Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
Page 80 - And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
Page 242 - He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
Page 472 - Why, let the stricken deer go weep, The hart ungalled play; For some must watch, while some must sleep; So runs the world away.
Page 242 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!