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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... lady chose to climb the hill on foot , in the track of the pikemen , though the heavy dew , which the sun had not yet drunk up , soon drenched her skirts , and she might , had she willed it , have been carried to the top on men's ...
... lady chose to climb the hill on foot , in the track of the pikemen , though the heavy dew , which the sun had not yet drunk up , soon drenched her skirts , and she might , had she willed it , have been carried to the top on men's ...
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... lady asked presently , breaking a long silence . She tried to speak in her ordinary tone , but her voice sounded uncertain . A woman , however brave , is a woman still . It began to dawn upon her that things were going to happen which ...
... lady asked presently , breaking a long silence . She tried to speak in her ordinary tone , but her voice sounded uncertain . A woman , however brave , is a woman still . It began to dawn upon her that things were going to happen which ...
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... lady say if anything happened to him ? What should I say if I stood by now and saw him fall ? And he with no headpiece , breast or back . It was madness of him to expose himself so ! I started forward , stung by the thought ; before I ...
... lady say if anything happened to him ? What should I say if I stood by now and saw him fall ? And he with no headpiece , breast or back . It was madness of him to expose himself so ! I started forward , stung by the thought ; before I ...
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... lady's heart sickened . Despite the assurance of his last words , she saw the man as he was ; she read his will in his eyes ; and though his sudden frankness was in reality the result of ... lady's wish must be law , My Lady Rotha . 17.
... lady's heart sickened . Despite the assurance of his last words , she saw the man as he was ; she read his will in his eyes ; and though his sudden frankness was in reality the result of ... lady's wish must be law , My Lady Rotha . 17.
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... lady looking on in ignorance , of minutes of suspense , of a sudden pang , a gagged scream , of hours of lingering torture . Against such dreams the silence and beauty of the night were powerless , and the morning found me wakeful and ...
... lady looking on in ignorance , of minutes of suspense , of a sudden pang , a gagged scream , of hours of lingering torture . Against such dreams the silence and beauty of the night were powerless , and the morning found me wakeful and ...
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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.