The Watch Tower: Vol. 1 No. 1, Volume 1, Issue 1Watch Tower - 380 pages The first printing of the 19th century Church of England publication "The Watch Tower" |
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Page 60
... now as I think of the gentle creature whom I feared ; but in those days I had an implicit faith in the severity of her intentions with regard to me . What else can I remember ? My uncle Hugh , 60 THROUGH THE FURNACE .
... now as I think of the gentle creature whom I feared ; but in those days I had an implicit faith in the severity of her intentions with regard to me . What else can I remember ? My uncle Hugh , 60 THROUGH THE FURNACE .
Page 61
... uncle Hugh very dearly , and that he gives me a new shilling sometimes before he mounts the bay horse that carries him to and fro between my grandmamma's house and the town in which he practises as a solicitor . One summer Sunday ...
... uncle Hugh very dearly , and that he gives me a new shilling sometimes before he mounts the bay horse that carries him to and fro between my grandmamma's house and the town in which he practises as a solicitor . One summer Sunday ...
Page 62
... uncle Geoffrey . I scarcely know how we came to be adopted by this dear uncle : for there are some people whose goodness is so quiet a virtue that it comes at last to be accepted as a matter of course by those who bene- fit by it - like ...
... uncle Geoffrey . I scarcely know how we came to be adopted by this dear uncle : for there are some people whose goodness is so quiet a virtue that it comes at last to be accepted as a matter of course by those who bene- fit by it - like ...
Page 63
... uncle's house is called , the dearest old house in all the world , as I think , though by no means imposing of aspect to the passers by . In the narrow street St. Augustine's Rectory only exhibits a wall , whose blankness is solely ...
... uncle's house is called , the dearest old house in all the world , as I think , though by no means imposing of aspect to the passers by . In the narrow street St. Augustine's Rectory only exhibits a wall , whose blankness is solely ...
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... uncle's only son is coming home from travels that have lasted four years ; and oh , what long , long years they have seemed , unbroken by the low music of Bernard Champion's earnest voice , unillumined by that calm smile , whose like I ...
... uncle's only son is coming home from travels that have lasted four years ; and oh , what long , long years they have seemed , unbroken by the low music of Bernard Champion's earnest voice , unillumined by that calm smile , whose like I ...
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Page 30 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 5 - Buy those things that we have need of against the feast ; or, that he should give something to the poor. He then having received the sop went immediately out : and it was night. Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
Page 231 - Touch her not scornfully; Think of her mournfully, Gently and humanly; Not of the stains of her; All that remains of her Now is pure womanly.
Page 130 - Nor less I deem that there are powers Which of themselves our minds impress ; That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness.
Page 214 - WHAT slender Youth bedew'd with liquid odours Courts thee on Roses in some pleasant Cave, Pyrrha for whom bind'st thou In wreaths thy golden Hair, Plain in thy neatness? O how oft shall he On Faith and changed Gods complain : and Seas Rough with black winds and storms Unwonted shall admire : Who now enjoys thee credulous, all Gold, Who always vacant, always amiable Hopes thee ; of flattering gales Unmindful.
Page 15 - And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face and his name shall be in their foreheads. And there shall be no night there and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
Page 145 - His happy home, the ground. To left and right, The cuckoo told his name to all the hills ; The mellow ouzel fluted in the elm ; The redcap whistled ; and the nightingale Sang loud, as tho
Page 229 - Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Page 226 - SHOULD you ask me, whence these stories ? Whence these legends and traditions, With the odors of the forest, With the dew and damp of meadows, With the curling smoke of wigwams, With the rushing of great rivers...
Page 34 - But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.