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... looked at the splendid shilling gleaming upon the table beside her , but made no motion toward taking it into closer possession . A little red had come into the clear brown of her cheeks . She was a young girl , with her dreams and ...
... looked at the splendid shilling gleaming upon the table beside her , but made no motion toward taking it into closer possession . A little red had come into the clear brown of her cheeks . She was a young girl , with her dreams and ...
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... looked from one to the other , but said nothing . There were many things in the world of other people which she did not understand ; one thing more or less made no great difference . But she did understand the sunlit roof , the twilight ...
... looked from one to the other , but said nothing . There were many things in the world of other people which she did not understand ; one thing more or less made no great difference . But she did understand the sunlit roof , the twilight ...
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... looked , as she often looked , down the river , toward the bay and the sea beyond , she always saw this prince that she had woven warp of NO . 525 . VOL . LXXXVIII . -- - 2 - memory , woof of dreams stand erect in the pearly light ...
... looked , as she often looked , down the river , toward the bay and the sea beyond , she always saw this prince that she had woven warp of NO . 525 . VOL . LXXXVIII . -- - 2 - memory , woof of dreams stand erect in the pearly light ...
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... looked at his watch and said that it was late . When he rose to his feet Audrey did not move , and when he looked down upon her he saw that her eyes , that had been wet , were overflowing . He put out his hand , and she took it and ...
... looked at his watch and said that it was late . When he rose to his feet Audrey did not move , and when he looked down upon her he saw that her eyes , that had been wet , were overflowing . He put out his hand , and she took it and ...
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... looked at MacLean with a caus- tic smile . The latter shrugged his shoul- ders . " So long as you tie him neck and heels with a Campbell I am con- tent , " he answered . " Are you going ? I'll just bar the windows and lock the door ...
... looked at MacLean with a caus- tic smile . The latter shrugged his shoul- ders . " So long as you tie him neck and heels with a Campbell I am con- tent , " he answered . " Are you going ? I'll just bar the windows and lock the door ...
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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...