The Pearl of Orr's Island: A Story of the Coast of MaineSampson Low, Son, & Company, 1861 - 157 pages |
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Page 89
... curiosity on a subject where he could not gratify it , and therefore he took refuge in a kind of mild , abstracted air of quietude which bid defiance to all her little suggestions . After in vain trying every indirect form , Miss Emily ...
... curiosity on a subject where he could not gratify it , and therefore he took refuge in a kind of mild , abstracted air of quietude which bid defiance to all her little suggestions . After in vain trying every indirect form , Miss Emily ...
Page 101
... curiosity of his sister . He rather wanted to tell her , too , for he was a good - natured brother , and would have liked to have given her the amount of pleasure the confidence would have produced ; but then he reflected with dismay on ...
... curiosity of his sister . He rather wanted to tell her , too , for he was a good - natured brother , and would have liked to have given her the amount of pleasure the confidence would have produced ; but then he reflected with dismay on ...
Page 102
... curiosity . But , my friend , restrain it , for Mr. Sewell will certainly , as we foresee , become less rather than more communicative on this subject , as he thinks upon it . Nevertheless , whatever it be that he knows or suspects , it ...
... curiosity . But , my friend , restrain it , for Mr. Sewell will certainly , as we foresee , become less rather than more communicative on this subject , as he thinks upon it . Nevertheless , whatever it be that he knows or suspects , it ...
Page 108
... curiosity . His countenance was as fixed and steady , and his whole manner of reciting as matter - of- fact and collected , as if he were relating some of the every - day affairs of his boat - building . " Wal ' , Sally , " said the ...
... curiosity . His countenance was as fixed and steady , and his whole manner of reciting as matter - of- fact and collected , as if he were relating some of the every - day affairs of his boat - building . " Wal ' , Sally , " said the ...
Page 152
... curiosity , heard her repeat all the other forms of the lesson . She had them perfectly . " Very well , my little girl , " he said , " have you been studying , too ? " " I heard Moses say them so often , " said Mara , in an apolo- getic ...
... curiosity , heard her repeat all the other forms of the lesson . She had them perfectly . " Very well , my little girl , " he said , " have you been studying , too ? " " I heard Moses say them so often , " said Mara , in an apolo- getic ...
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The Pearl of Orr's Island, a Story of the Coast of Maine Harriet Beecher Stowe No preview available - 2012 |
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afternoon Aunt Roxy Aunt Ruey baby beach beautiful Bible black eyes blue boat bracelet brother brown house called Cap'n Kittridge Captain Kittridge Captain Pennel cheeks child clothes cove curiosity curls dark door face father feel fire fishing funeral gargle give goin gone hair hand Harpswell head heart hour jist kind kitchen Kittridge's little Mara little Moses little thing looked Lord LUDGATE HILL Mara's Mary mermen mind minister Miss Emily Miss Kittridge Miss Pennel Miss Roxy Miss Ruey morning mother Naomi neighbour never night Orr's Island pearls poor pretty rock round Roxy's sail Sally schooner sea-weed seemed Sewell shadows shells ship shore silver solemn sort stood storm story strange Sunday sure tell there's thought took voice wife WILKIE COLLINS wind woman Woman in White women young Zephaniah Pennel
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Page 70 - Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty." "Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain...
Page 13 - They were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their deaths they were not divided.
Page 71 - The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast: Theirs buxom health, of rosy hue, Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer, of vigour born, The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light That fly th
Page 114 - Full fathom five thy father lies, Of his bones are coral made : Those are pearls that were his eyes, Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea change, Into something rich and strange.
Page 75 - LORD, in the morning thou shalt hear My voice ascending high ; To thee will I direct my prayer, To thee lift up mine eye : 2 Up to the hills where Christ is gone To plead for all his saints, Presenting at his Father's throne Our songs and our complaints.
Page 41 - Lord divideth the flames of fire: the voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness ; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory. The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever. The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.
Page 109 - Dangers stand thick through all the ground, To push us to the tomb ; And fierce diseases wait around, To hurry mortals home.
Page 41 - Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
Page 40 - The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters.
Page 17 - And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty : why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me...