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... natural effect of a long course of good living , in a gentlemanly ruddiness which scarcely detracted from his good looks ... nature , no handsomer than other men . The benevolence , good humour , and esprit of his character discovered ...
... natural effect of a long course of good living , in a gentlemanly ruddiness which scarcely detracted from his good looks ... nature , no handsomer than other men . The benevolence , good humour , and esprit of his character discovered ...
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... nature of the si- lent and enchanting changes which had come over her ; but the indulgent reader will doubtless let us off with the simple annunciation that she had shot up into a tall , sweet girl , and that , to make a long story ...
... nature of the si- lent and enchanting changes which had come over her ; but the indulgent reader will doubtless let us off with the simple annunciation that she had shot up into a tall , sweet girl , and that , to make a long story ...
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... Nature were too gentle and familiar to disturb even Nature's lightest creation . All relapsed into silence , broken only by the distant roar of the town , the barking of the far - off dog , or the exulting crow of a neighbouring cock ...
... Nature were too gentle and familiar to disturb even Nature's lightest creation . All relapsed into silence , broken only by the distant roar of the town , the barking of the far - off dog , or the exulting crow of a neighbouring cock ...
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... natural reaction followed . He sank into a chair , overpowered by an irresistible revul- sion of feeling , covered his face with his hands , and wept in silent agony . Suddenly , recollecting the summons of his father , he ex- erted all ...
... natural reaction followed . He sank into a chair , overpowered by an irresistible revul- sion of feeling , covered his face with his hands , and wept in silent agony . Suddenly , recollecting the summons of his father , he ex- erted all ...
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... nature of his thoughts , after a dinner which , as the young reader may suppose , had not been a very hearty He had come to the conclusion that a world in which such a person as he could be so cruelly and contemptuously rejected by such ...
... nature of his thoughts , after a dinner which , as the young reader may suppose , had not been a very hearty He had come to the conclusion that a world in which such a person as he could be so cruelly and contemptuously rejected by such ...
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Page 131 - Therefore take no thought, saying: What shall we eat? Or, what shall we drink? Or, wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek.) For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Page 85 - The Lord giveth, and the Lord ' taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord.
Page 117 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
Page 215 - The History of the Discovery and Settlement of America. By William Robertson, DD With an Account of his Life and Writings. To which are added, Questions for the Examination of Students.