Friends and Neighbours: Or, Two Ways of Living in the WorldTimothy Shay Arthur J. W. Lovell, 1888 - 300 pages |
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Allison Annie answered ascer asked Aunt Rachel Barton beautiful believe better Blackwell's Island blessed brother child cold creature dear Desgranges doctor Dood door evil exclaimed eyes face Farmer Gray father feel felt filly Freeman geese gentle George Somers girl give glad Good-morning hand happy heard heart hour human hundred dollars husband James John Greylston Johnny kind knew labour lady Laura light live look look of love Lyon Margaret Mary mind Miss Greylston morning mother neighbour never Obadiah parlour Phoebe pickpockets pines poor portunate Query replied returned shoemaker sister smile Smith Somers soon sorry soul speak spirit suffering suppose sure sweet sweet land tears tell temper things thought thousand dollars to-day told turned Uncle Joshua voice wealth wife wish woman words young
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Page 218 - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
Page 92 - Doth not each rain-drop help to form The cool, refreshing shower, And every ray of light to warm And beautify the flower...
Page 93 - A whispered word may touch the heart, And call it back to life ; A look of love bid sin depart, And still unholy strife. 3 No act falls fruitless ; none can tell How vast its power may be, Nor what results infolded dwell Within it silently.
Page 237 - Love to guide, The world would be the better for it. If men dealt less in stocks and lands, And more in bonds and deeds fraternal ; If Love's work had more willing hands To link this world to the supernal ; If men stored up Love's oil and wine, And on bruised human hearts would pour it If " yours " and " mine " Would once combine, The world would be the better for it.
Page 92 - SCORN not the slightest word or deed, Nor deem it void of power ; There's fruit in each wind-wafted seed, That waits its natal hour.
Page 150 - The huge rough stones from out the mine, Unsightly and unfair, Have veins of purest metal hid Beneath the surface there; Few rocks so bare but to their heights Some tiny moss-plant clings, And round the peaks, so desolate, The seabird sits and sings. Believe me, too, that rugged souls, Beneath their rudeness hide Much that is beautiful and good - We've all our angel side.
Page 237 - Seemed better than in song or story; If men instead of nursing pride Would learn to hate it and abhor it, If more relied On Love to guide, The world would be the better for it If men dealt less in stocks and lands, And more in bonds and deeds fraternal, If Love's work had more willing hands To link this world with the supernal; If men stored up Love's oil and wine And on bruised human hearts would pour it, If " yours " and " mine " Would once combine, The world would be the better for it.
Page 49 - They soothe, and quiet, and comfort the hearer. They shame him out of his sour, morose, unkind feelings. We have not yet begun to use kind words in such abundance as they ought to be used.
Page 91 - OH ! if there is one law above the rest. Written in Wisdom — if there is a word That I would trace as with a pen of fire Upon the unsullied temper of a child — If there is anything that keeps the mind Open to angel visits, and repels The ministry of ill — 'tis Human Love...
Page 48 - Kind words make other people good-natured. Cold words freeze people, and hot words scorch them, and sarcastic words irritate them, and bitter words make them bitter, and wrathful words make them wrathful.