Geraldine, by E.C.A. Vol. 1,2; 3, 2nd ed, Volume 31837 |
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... beautiful , and you can , beyond any one I know , give them their due force and expression . Tune yourself , then , " added he , as well as your instrument . " 66 Geraldine complied , and whether from obedi- ence or recovered enthusiasm ...
... beautiful , and you can , beyond any one I know , give them their due force and expression . Tune yourself , then , " added he , as well as your instrument . " 66 Geraldine complied , and whether from obedi- ence or recovered enthusiasm ...
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... beautiful picture , " said Geraldine , “ and more than that , it made me happy to see others happy , and so it ever will . " " Then your objection to dancing on the Sunday , " said the General , “ is , I conclude , more from your dread ...
... beautiful picture , " said Geraldine , “ and more than that , it made me happy to see others happy , and so it ever will . " " Then your objection to dancing on the Sunday , " said the General , “ is , I conclude , more from your dread ...
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... beautiful , though fallen earth , to become a nun , " said Geraldine , as she recalled the passing wish for that life , with which Angela De Grey had inspired her , but which had vanished at the sight of her father , and which had never ...
... beautiful , though fallen earth , to become a nun , " said Geraldine , as she recalled the passing wish for that life , with which Angela De Grey had inspired her , but which had vanished at the sight of her father , and which had never ...
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... beautiful , the feminine , the humble virtue of obedience , which I have hitherto loved to exer- cise towards him , is that to be rendered a thing of doubt , of caution , of deliberate choice ? Am I to be once more the independant ...
... beautiful , the feminine , the humble virtue of obedience , which I have hitherto loved to exer- cise towards him , is that to be rendered a thing of doubt , of caution , of deliberate choice ? Am I to be once more the independant ...
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... were soon quietly seated in the reserved tribune , with the Contessa and her father , and engaged in reading over in the missal the beautiful service which was to com- mence within an hour . The object of the cere- 68 A TALE OF CONSCIENCE .
... were soon quietly seated in the reserved tribune , with the Contessa and her father , and engaged in reading over in the missal the beautiful service which was to com- mence within an hour . The object of the cere- 68 A TALE OF CONSCIENCE .
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Page 12 - Rejoice over her thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
Page 89 - Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets ; I have slain them by the words of my mouth : and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
Page 222 - Rouse to some work of high and holy love, And thou an angel's happiness shalt know, Shalt bless the earth while in the world above ; The good begun by thee shall onward flow In many a branching stream, and wider grow ; The seed that, in these few and fleeting hours, Thy hands unsparing and unwearied sow, Shall deck thy grave with amaranthine flowers, And yield thee fruits divine in heaven's immortal bowers.
Page 405 - I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the sight of all his people : in the courts of the Lord's house, even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord.
Page 262 - Now, like moonlight waves retreating To the shore, it dies along; Now, like angry surges meeting, Breaks the mingled tide of song : Jubilate, Amen. Hush...
Page 89 - Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Page 102 - T length the worst is o'er, and Thou art laid Deep in Thy darksome bed ; All still and cold beneath yon dreary stone Thy sacred form is gone ; Around those lips where power and mercy hung, The dews of death have clung ; The dull earth o'er Thee, and Thy foes around, Thou sleep'st a silent corse, in funeral fetters wound.
Page 9 - But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth ? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee ; how much less this house which I have built...
Page 404 - Through our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son, who with thee liveth and reigneth in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God world without end. Amen.
Page 124 - Old friends, old scenes, will lovelier be, As more of Heaven in each we see ; Some softening gleam of love and prayer Shall dawn on every cross and care.