Millicent Kendrick; or, The search after happiness |
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My parents belonged to what is now called the upper middle - class of society :
they were certainly not poor ; but they were by no means rich enough to warrant a
lavish expenditure of their means ; and I , one of six children , knew little of ...
My parents belonged to what is now called the upper middle - class of society :
they were certainly not poor ; but they were by no means rich enough to warrant a
lavish expenditure of their means ; and I , one of six children , knew little of ...
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... little hardships , as many children do , for I had never been petted at home ,
and there was so much to learn , and so many duties to perform , and so many
ardent friendships to cultivate , that I really found no MY FIRST
DISAPPOINTMENT .
... little hardships , as many children do , for I had never been petted at home ,
and there was so much to learn , and so many duties to perform , and so many
ardent friendships to cultivate , that I really found no MY FIRST
DISAPPOINTMENT .
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I cannot help it , my dear Mary , ' replied papa ; chem is no use in keeping silence
any longer ; de not tell you the state of things , other people i merur thought to see
my wife and children wa in the world ; but I suppose every dog vis dar and I ...
I cannot help it , my dear Mary , ' replied papa ; chem is no use in keeping silence
any longer ; de not tell you the state of things , other people i merur thought to see
my wife and children wa in the world ; but I suppose every dog vis dar and I ...
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... if my wife , that took me for better and for worse , and for richer and for poorer ,
will keep up her courage , and help me to bear my trouble like a man , and if my
children will try to be cheerful and do their best , it will not be 60 very bad after all
.
... if my wife , that took me for better and for worse , and for richer and for poorer ,
will keep up her courage , and help me to bear my trouble like a man , and if my
children will try to be cheerful and do their best , it will not be 60 very bad after all
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I thought I should be able to offer my children many advantages that I and your
mother never possessed ; but it is all over now ; God has visited me with
misfortune ! Still , my child , remember that your father meant to do well by you —
by all ...
I thought I should be able to offer my children many advantages that I and your
mother never possessed ; but it is all over now ; God has visited me with
misfortune ! Still , my child , remember that your father meant to do well by you —
by all ...
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Page 344 - She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition , sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn ; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay.
Page 127 - And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy ; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour.
Page 371 - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust ; in sure and certain hope of resurrection to eternal life...
Page 61 - Fear ye not me? Saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Page 262 - WE watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied — We thought her dying when she slept And sleeping when she died.
Page 324 - EXCEPT the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Page 127 - I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me: I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
Page 114 - Whom call we gay ? That honour has been long The boast of mere pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay — the lark is gay, That dries his feathers, saturate with dew, Beneath the rosy cloud, while yet the beams 495 Of dayspring overshoot his humble nest.
Page 61 - The waves of the sea are mighty, and rage horribly : but yet the Lord, who dwelleth on high, is mightier.