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... Haward is home from Eng- land . He came to the great house last night , and he ordered his horse for ten o'clock this morning , and asked the near- est way through the fields to the par- sonage . " Darden whistled , and put down his ...
... Haward is home from Eng- land . He came to the great house last night , and he ordered his horse for ten o'clock this morning , and asked the near- est way through the fields to the par- sonage . " Darden whistled , and put down his ...
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... Haward paused , and looked with smiling eyes at this girl of the woods , this forest creature that , springing from the earth , had set its back against the tree . - " Tarry awhile , " he said . " Slip not yet within the bark . Had I ...
... Haward paused , and looked with smiling eyes at this girl of the woods , this forest creature that , springing from the earth , had set its back against the tree . - " Tarry awhile , " he said . " Slip not yet within the bark . Had I ...
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... Haward laughed , nursing his knee and looking about him . " Let that pass for a moment . You have the prettiest woodland parlor , child ! Tell me , do they treat you well over there ? " with a jerk of his thumb toward the glebe house ...
... Haward laughed , nursing his knee and looking about him . " Let that pass for a moment . You have the prettiest woodland parlor , child ! Tell me , do they treat you well over there ? " with a jerk of his thumb toward the glebe house ...
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... Haward , first amazed , then touched , reached at length the conclusion that the years of her resi- dence beneath the minister's roof could not have been happy ; that she must al- ways have put from her with shuddering and horror the ...
... Haward , first amazed , then touched , reached at length the conclusion that the years of her resi- dence beneath the minister's roof could not have been happy ; that she must al- ways have put from her with shuddering and horror the ...
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... Haward and Audrey heard the wind whisper in the treetops . A dove moaned , and a hare ran past . " It was I who brought you from the mountains and placed you here , " said Haward at last . “ I thought it for the best , and that when I ...
... Haward and Audrey heard the wind whisper in the treetops . A dove moaned , and a hare ran past . " It was I who brought you from the mountains and placed you here , " said Haward at last . “ I thought it for the best , and that when I ...
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Page 34 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Page 169 - But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
Page 333 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 474 - ... with pines. I only hear above his place of rest Their tender undertone, The infinite longings of a troubled breast, The voice so like his own. There in seclusion and remote from men The wizard hand lies cold, Which at its topmost speed let fall the pen, And left the tale half told. Ah ! who shall lift that wand of magic power, And the lost clew regain ? The unfinished window in Aladdin's tower Unfinished must remain ! CHRISTMAS BELLS.
Page 230 - With what strange utterance did the loud dry wind Blow through my ear! the sky seemed not a sky Of earth — and with what motion moved the clouds!
Page 333 - ... this fight, though perhaps at some moment it may droop over our sinking heads, yet it soon again will float in the eye of Heaven, and it will be borne by the firm hands of the united people of the three kingdoms, perhaps not to an easy, but to a certain and to a not far distant victory.
Page 377 - IN that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah ; We have a strong city ; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
Page 475 - And though he will know that you cannot bear the weight of omnipotence treading upon you, yet he will not regard that, but he will crush you under his feet without mercy; he will crush out your blood, and make it fly, and it shall be sprinkled on his garments, so as to stain all his raiment.
Page 331 - GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a Garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross...
Page 295 - With splendor upon splendor multiplied; And Beatrice again at Dante's side No more rebukes, but smiles her words of praise. And then the organ sounds, and unseen choirs Sing the old Latin hymns of peace and love...