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... door . I could only protest ; I had no means of clearing myself , and one day my employer paid me my wages till the end of the month , and said he thought it would be better for all parties if I left my situation at once ; at the same ...
... door . I could only protest ; I had no means of clearing myself , and one day my employer paid me my wages till the end of the month , and said he thought it would be better for all parties if I left my situation at once ; at the same ...
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... door , and disclosed Hilda fast asleep in " uncle's " arms , whence she was transferred to Mrs. Marris's embrace , and carried lovingly upstairs to be carefully undressed and put to bed . At the drawing - room window , half - concealed ...
... door , and disclosed Hilda fast asleep in " uncle's " arms , whence she was transferred to Mrs. Marris's embrace , and carried lovingly upstairs to be carefully undressed and put to bed . At the drawing - room window , half - concealed ...
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... door locked , Janetta indulged in a long reverie that lasted - in spite of her fatigue- till the church clocks were striking twelve . Then she rose and hastily twisted up into a net her redundant locks , that needed none of the ...
... door locked , Janetta indulged in a long reverie that lasted - in spite of her fatigue- till the church clocks were striking twelve . Then she rose and hastily twisted up into a net her redundant locks , that needed none of the ...
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... door , preventing ingress or egress which might give knowledge of the danger ; two , with the workmen , were to force such passage as was possible at the back , through doors and windows and over yard walls ; while to Mr. Weatherill was ...
... door , preventing ingress or egress which might give knowledge of the danger ; two , with the workmen , were to force such passage as was possible at the back , through doors and windows and over yard walls ; while to Mr. Weatherill was ...
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... door is closed to prevent a cross stream ; another way will be opened for them . Now God save our gracious Queen ! ' " and his voice started the familiar strain , which was heartily taken up and carried on by the company . As soon as he ...
... door is closed to prevent a cross stream ; another way will be opened for them . Now God save our gracious Queen ! ' " and his voice started the familiar strain , which was heartily taken up and carried on by the company . As soon as he ...
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Page 486 - For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self...
Page 523 - But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the stream: And a long shout of triumph Rose from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam.
Page 325 - I remember the gleams and glooms that dart Across the schoolboy's brain ; The song and the silence in the heart, That in part are prophecies, and in part Are longings wild and vain. And the voice of that fitful song Sings on, and is never still : " A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
Page 289 - Ah, love, let us be true To one another! for the world, which seems To lie before us like a land of dreams, So various, so beautiful, so new, Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain; And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night.
Page 638 - Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a deathbed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn ; Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
Page 330 - Half-way up the stairs it stands, And points and beckons with its hands From its case of massive oak, Like a monk, who, under his cloak, Crosses himself, and sighs alas ! With sorrowful voice to all who pass, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever...
Page 324 - LOST YOUTH. OFTEN I think of the beautiful town That is seated by the sea ; Often in thought go up and down The pleasant streets of that dear old town, And my youth comes back to me. And a verse of a Lapland song Is haunting my memory still : " A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
Page 303 - Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline and government, according to the Word of God. and the example of the best reformed Churches ; and we shall endeavour to bring the Churches of God in the three kingdoms to the nearest conjunction and uniformity in religion, confession of faith, form of Church government, directory for worship and catechising, that we, and our posterity after us, may. as brethren, live in faith and love, and the Lord may delight to dwell in the midst of us.
Page 489 - Our age is retrospective. It builds the sepulchres of the fathers. It writes biographies, histories, and criticism. The foregoing generations beheld God and nature face to face; we, through their eyes. Why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe?
Page 185 - And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight.