The Golden Sunset; Or, the Homeless Blind Girl |
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... NIGHT , OR THE TRIUMPHS OF GENIP VER BLINDNESS , BY REV . WM . HENRY MIlburn . BALTIMORE : J. W. BOND & CO . , 86 W. BALTIMORE STREET . 1867 Edue 864512 Harvard College Library July 1 , 1915 Gift THE GOLDEN SUNSET, ...
... NIGHT , OR THE TRIUMPHS OF GENIP VER BLINDNESS , BY REV . WM . HENRY MIlburn . BALTIMORE : J. W. BOND & CO . , 86 W. BALTIMORE STREET . 1867 Edue 864512 Harvard College Library July 1 , 1915 Gift THE GOLDEN SUNSET, ...
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... nights of toil : they have served to beguile and render comparatively happy many hours of a life which would otherwise , perhaps , have been sad and melancholy , and to inspire her with emotions of gratitude to her Heavenly Father ...
... nights of toil : they have served to beguile and render comparatively happy many hours of a life which would otherwise , perhaps , have been sad and melancholy , and to inspire her with emotions of gratitude to her Heavenly Father ...
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... night , Are but reflections , caught from Thee ; Where'er we turn , Thy glories shine , And all things fair and bright are thine . " Thoma's Moore . " Tis sweet to hear the watch - dog's honest bark Bay deep - mouth'd welcome as we draw ...
... night , Are but reflections , caught from Thee ; Where'er we turn , Thy glories shine , And all things fair and bright are thine . " Thoma's Moore . " Tis sweet to hear the watch - dog's honest bark Bay deep - mouth'd welcome as we draw ...
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... night was to talk about the proceedings of the day . As an inducement for us to persevere in our studies , father promised a handsome pre- sent to whichever of us made most progress during the year . This we talked of con- stantly , but ...
... night was to talk about the proceedings of the day . As an inducement for us to persevere in our studies , father promised a handsome pre- sent to whichever of us made most progress during the year . This we talked of con- stantly , but ...
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... night fast approaching . Then fear siezed upon us , for the idea of having to re- main all night in that dismal place filled our hearts with terror . We knew not what to do , and I began to think of all the ghost stories I had ever ...
... night fast approaching . Then fear siezed upon us , for the idea of having to re- main all night in that dismal place filled our hearts with terror . We knew not what to do , and I began to think of all the ghost stories I had ever ...
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Page 218 - Cyriack, this three years day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Page 101 - Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. •'There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. " Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Page 102 - The. statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever: The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 227 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine: But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Page 214 - I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors.
Page 214 - Dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book: Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye.
Page 102 - Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a Strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it; and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Page 103 - Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
Page 221 - Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay.
Page 209 - Next, (for hear me out now, readers,) that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered ; I betook me among those lofty fables and romances,* which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from hence had in renown over all Christendom.