Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church (earlier "for Younger Members of the English Church")J. and C. Mozley, 1894 |
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... face grow sad with a like reflection . But General Tzerclas viewed all with another mind . The still- ness , the sunshine , the very song of the lark , as it rose up and up and up above us , and , still unwearied , sang its song of ...
... face grow sad with a like reflection . But General Tzerclas viewed all with another mind . The still- ness , the sunshine , the very song of the lark , as it rose up and up and up above us , and , still unwearied , sang its song of ...
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... face . The man who had brought up the waggons , and who could still be seen exposing himself , mounted and bare - headed in the hottest of the fire , ordering , threatening , inciting , leading , so that we could almost hear his voice ...
... face . The man who had brought up the waggons , and who could still be seen exposing himself , mounted and bare - headed in the hottest of the fire , ordering , threatening , inciting , leading , so that we could almost hear his voice ...
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... faces , and this ghastly task , performed with trem- bling fingers and by an uncertain light , took a long time ... face - for I was full of fierce loathing and would have shot them like rats - drove them off wherever I came . Not ...
... faces , and this ghastly task , performed with trem- bling fingers and by an uncertain light , took a long time ... face - for I was full of fierce loathing and would have shot them like rats - drove them off wherever I came . Not ...
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... face and fair hair were stained and bedabbled with dust and blood . But he was not dead . I could feel his heart beating faintly in his breast ; and though he lay senseless and showed no other signs of life , I was thankful to find that ...
... face and fair hair were stained and bedabbled with dust and blood . But he was not dead . I could feel his heart beating faintly in his breast ; and though he lay senseless and showed no other signs of life , I was thankful to find that ...
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... face . ' Tie him up , ' he said at last , when he had enjoyed his triumph to the full . Tie him up securely . When we get back to the camp we will have a shooting - match , and he shall find us in sport . You knave ! ' he continued ...
... face . ' Tie him up , ' he said at last , when he had enjoyed his triumph to the full . Tie him up securely . When we get back to the camp we will have a shooting - match , and he shall find us in sport . You knave ! ' he continued ...
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Page 624 - I have broke your hest ] to say so ! Fer. Admired Miranda ! Indeed, the top of admiration ; worth What's dearest to the world ! Full many a lady I have eyed with best regard ; and many a time The harmony of their tongues hath into bondage Brought my too diligent ear...
Page 248 - BE NOBLE ! and the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping, but never dead, Will rise in majesty to meet thine own; Then wilt thou see it gleam in many eyes, Then will pure light around thy path be shed, And thou wilt nevermore be sad and lone.
Page 624 - A woman moved is like a fountain troubled, Muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty ; And while it is so, none so dry or thirsty Will deign to sip or touch one drop of it.
Page 567 - The lion would not leave her desolate, But with her went along, as a strong guard Of her chaste person, and a faithful mate Of her sad troubles and misfortunes hard ; Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward; And, when she waked, he waited diligent, With humble service to her will prepared : From her fair eyes he took commandement, And ever by her looks conceived her intent.
Page 245 - Hear the sledges with the bells Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight; Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells From the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.
Page 378 - There shall no evil befall thee, Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, To keep thee in all thy ways.
Page 624 - And craves no other tribute at thy hands But love, fair looks and true obedience ; Too little payment for so great a debt. Such duty as the subject owes the prince...
Page 83 - The Americans have not acted in all things with prudence and temper: they have been wronged: they have been driven to madness by injustice. Will you punish them for the madness you have occasioned? Rather let prudence and temper come first from this side. I will undertake for America that she will follow the example. There are two lines...
Page 626 - His head was small and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weathercock perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew.
Page 378 - I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest : for it is thou, Lord, only, that makest me dwell in safety.