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... work roof projecting on every side over a verandah , the balustrade of which was formed of curiously woven bamboos . The whole was embosomed in the graceful foliage of young bananas , while at some distance in 4 HOME SCENES .
... work roof projecting on every side over a verandah , the balustrade of which was formed of curiously woven bamboos . The whole was embosomed in the graceful foliage of young bananas , while at some distance in 4 HOME SCENES .
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... side - door , and walked quickly to the concealment of a neighbouring grave , fearing to subject the delicate child to the wild and tumultuous leave - taking of the excitable natives . They walked on till they came to the enclosure in ...
... side - door , and walked quickly to the concealment of a neighbouring grave , fearing to subject the delicate child to the wild and tumultuous leave - taking of the excitable natives . They walked on till they came to the enclosure in ...
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... side and encircled her neck with her arms . " Naughty , naughty Rutea , not to come and see her little birdie the last week , before she leaves her island - home per- haps for ever . " Why should the birdie take wing and fly away ? The ...
... side and encircled her neck with her arms . " Naughty , naughty Rutea , not to come and see her little birdie the last week , before she leaves her island - home per- haps for ever . " Why should the birdie take wing and fly away ? The ...
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... side this retired cemetery , they both turned to look at Rutea . There she stood upon the little grave , and the rainbow on the reef circled round her form . She raised her hand to Hea- ven , and in the deep silence they distinctly ...
... side this retired cemetery , they both turned to look at Rutea . There she stood upon the little grave , and the rainbow on the reef circled round her form . She raised her hand to Hea- ven , and in the deep silence they distinctly ...
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... side and into their little boat . All passed in such haste , that the pain of the last parting was hardly felt ; and those who had eyes to observe , might have detected on the weather - beaten face of the captain a smile of self ...
... side and into their little boat . All passed in such haste , that the pain of the last parting was hardly felt ; and those who had eyes to observe , might have detected on the weather - beaten face of the captain a smile of self ...
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Adele Boyle answered arms asked Aunt Polly Austen beautiful Bible blessed cambric Charles Boyle child church coral flowers cousin Daniel daughter dear father door dress exclaimed eyes face father and mother fear feelings felt friends gave Hamilton hand happy heard heart heathen hope island island-home John Stephens Johnson Kate Granger kind kiss knew lady laughed leave letter Liberty little birdie little girl live look mansion marriage married mind Miss Boyle Miss Granger mission missionary morning native never night once opened Pacific island Pacific Ocean parents parlour passed phens pleasure poor prayer promise rainbow reef Roderick Rutea Sally Brown seat seemed silence silk sister sleigh smile soon stood sure talking taste tears tell things thought Tim Brown Tom Harris took Trover uncon Vara's voice wife wish words young
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Page 106 - So live, that, when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 60 - Whatever is, is to me a matter of taste or distaste; or when once it becomes indifferent, it begins to be disrelishing. I am, in plainer words, a bundle of prejudices — made up of likings and dislikings — the veriest thrall to sympathies, apathies, antipathies.
Page 9 - And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams, But words of the Most High, Have told why first thy robe of beams Was woven in the sky.
Page 73 - I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Page 174 - They loved, but their story we cannot unfold; They scorned, but the heart of the haughty is cold; They grieved, but no wail from their slumbers may come; They joyed, but the voice of their gladness is dumb.
Page 195 - Does pure religion charm thee Far more than aught below ? Would'st thou that she should arm thee Against the hour of woe ? Think not she dwelleth only In temples built for prayer ; For home itself is lonely, Unless her smiles be there...
Page 9 - O'er mountain, tower, and town, Or mirror'd in the ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down ! ' ;" '""' As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem, As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam. For, faithful to its sacred page, Heaven still rebuilds thy span, Nor lets the type grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man.
Page 172 - O'er all there hung the shadow of a fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted.
Page 174 - I had in infancy upon the bosom of my mother. Alas ! how little do we appreciate a mother's tenderness while living ! How heedless are we in youth of all her anxieties and kindness ! But when she is dead and gone, when the cares and coldness of the world come withering to our hearts...
Page 174 - For we are the same things our fathers have been; We see the same sights that our fathers have seen. We drink the same stream, and we feel the same sun, And run the same course that our fathers have run.