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... sure of it . We feel a little regret that éven so distinguished and cultivated a writer as Mrs. Humphry Ward has not been able to resist the fascination of the Peerage . But it is a comfort to think that when the party actually in power ...
... sure of it . We feel a little regret that éven so distinguished and cultivated a writer as Mrs. Humphry Ward has not been able to resist the fascination of the Peerage . But it is a comfort to think that when the party actually in power ...
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... sure I can't think whatever me or my niece has done that you should turn agen us all in a minute . Ye did know how far ' twas all the time - an ' ye did say ye liked the walk . I'm sure we've done our best to make ye com- fortable of ...
... sure I can't think whatever me or my niece has done that you should turn agen us all in a minute . Ye did know how far ' twas all the time - an ' ye did say ye liked the walk . I'm sure we've done our best to make ye com- fortable of ...
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... sure that we shall never lack performers , never lack producers of music . What we may come to lack is listeners - not because the world shall have grown weary of music , or will come to need it any the less , but because in the crowded ...
... sure that we shall never lack performers , never lack producers of music . What we may come to lack is listeners - not because the world shall have grown weary of music , or will come to need it any the less , but because in the crowded ...
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... sure that a lad with Hec- tor's views was fully appreciated by his uncle . It was not easy to get " help " enough for all the work ; the ne- groes were lazy and difficult to man- age , and white labor was scarce . No wonder , then ...
... sure that a lad with Hec- tor's views was fully appreciated by his uncle . It was not easy to get " help " enough for all the work ; the ne- groes were lazy and difficult to man- age , and white labor was scarce . No wonder , then ...
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... sure I was , mother , and Hec- tor's a fine lad ; I'd have given him his way if I could , " said Charlie . Then he forgot all about the boy , and re- turned to his eternal talk of home . The next morning , however , Hector did not ...
... sure I was , mother , and Hec- tor's a fine lad ; I'd have given him his way if I could , " said Charlie . Then he forgot all about the boy , and re- turned to his eternal talk of home . The next morning , however , Hector did not ...
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Page 655 - tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners ; so that if we will plant nettles or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed up thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs or distract it with many, either to have it sterile with idleness or manured with industry, why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
Page 88 - BEHOLD, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
Page 80 - And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire...
Page 724 - Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed king ; The breath of worldly men cannot depose The deputy elected by the Lord.
Page 306 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her, with timbrels, and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 276 - said the Traveller, Knocking on the moonlit door; And his horse in the silence champed the grasses Of the forest's ferny floor. And a bird flew up out of the turret, Above the Traveller's head: And he smote upon the door again a second time;
Page 655 - tis in ourselves that we are thus, or thus. Our bodies are our gardens ; to the which our wills are gardeners : so that if we will plant nettles, or sow lettuce ; set hyssop, and weed up thyme ; supply it with one gender of herbs, or distract it with many; either to have it steril with idleness, or manured with industry ; why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
Page 80 - For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.
Page 610 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder...
Page 188 - Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.