Gleason's Monthly Companion, Volume 9F. Gleason, 1880 |
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... head above water ; but it was a hard matter to do it . Quietly and un- ostentatiously she struggled on ; and assisted , as she was , by the warm affection and disinterested assistance of a daughter whom she almost wor- shipped , the ...
... head above water ; but it was a hard matter to do it . Quietly and un- ostentatiously she struggled on ; and assisted , as she was , by the warm affection and disinterested assistance of a daughter whom she almost wor- shipped , the ...
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... head with the ugliest claw in the world . The crow was so black and dismal that the wing feathers gave out neither green nor blue irrides- cence . " Caw - w - w ! " said the crow again . 66 " I wish you were at home , whoever you happen ...
... head with the ugliest claw in the world . The crow was so black and dismal that the wing feathers gave out neither green nor blue irrides- cence . " Caw - w - w ! " said the crow again . 66 " I wish you were at home , whoever you happen ...
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... head , and looked into the belfry . It must have been a very hard - hearted boy that could have withstood that second appeal ; it was not Robbie , for suddenly he turned and dropped a generous quarter in the pleading hand . Such a look ...
... head , and looked into the belfry . It must have been a very hard - hearted boy that could have withstood that second appeal ; it was not Robbie , for suddenly he turned and dropped a generous quarter in the pleading hand . Such a look ...
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... head , and , gently disengaging her- self , went to the piano and resumed the practice which she had so suddenly broken off . What could I do ? I felt myself repulsed by that blue - eyed girl ; my offer to become her confidante had been ...
... head , and , gently disengaging her- self , went to the piano and resumed the practice which she had so suddenly broken off . What could I do ? I felt myself repulsed by that blue - eyed girl ; my offer to become her confidante had been ...
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... head , trembling , meanwhile , with excitement , and exclaiming , despairingly : " He will die ; I don't think anything can save him . Just see how pale he looks ! ' " Indeed , he will not die , ' said I , with energy , as I raised his head ...
... head , trembling , meanwhile , with excitement , and exclaiming , despairingly : " He will die ; I don't think anything can save him . Just see how pale he looks ! ' " Indeed , he will not die , ' said I , with energy , as I raised his head ...
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Page 463 - Where did you get your eyes so blue? Out of the sky as I came through. What makes the light in them sparkle and spin? Some of the starry spikes left in. Where did you get that little tear? I found it waiting when I got here.
Page 463 - WHERE did you come from, baby dear ? Out of the everywhere into here. Where did you get your eyes so blue ? Out of the sky as I came through.
Page 350 - In general, every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor. As the Sandwich Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptation we resist.
Page 292 - Over and over again. Over and over again The brook through the meadow flows, And over and over again The ponderous mill-wheel goes. Once doing will not suffice, Though doing be not in vain, And a blessing, failing us once or twice, May come if we try again.
Page 463 - Where did you get those arms and hands? Love made itself into hooks and bands. Feet, whence did you come, you darling things? From the same box as the cherubs' wings. How did they all just come to be you? God thought about me, and so I grew.
Page 95 - But he never would believe that Providence had sent a few men into the world ready booted and spurred to ride, and millions ready saddled and bridled to be ridden.
Page 142 - OF TIME'S CONTINUAL -SPEED. IN all the actions which a man performs, some part of his life passes. We die while doing that, for which alone, our sliding life was granted. Nay, though we do nothing, time keeps his constant pace, and flies as fast in idleness as in employment. Whether we play or labour^ or sleep or dance or study, the sun posts on, and the sand runs.
Page 23 - Suppose the glistening dew-drop Upon the grass should say, " What can a little dew-drop do ? I'd better roll away" — The blade on which it rested, Before the day was done, Without a drop to moisten it, Would wither in the sun.
Page 111 - Never are kind acts done To wipe the weeping eyes, But like flashes of the sun, They signal to the skies ; And up above the angels read How we have helped the sorer need.
Page 430 - ... comparison: her society is the emblem of sublimer enjoyments; her person is angelic, and her conversation heavenly; she is all softness and sweetness, peace, love, wit, and delight; she is every way suitable to the sublimest wish; and...