Musgrave, and other tales, Volume 2; Volume 4651851 |
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Page 89
... bitterness though it was , of becoming a mother , which for the first time was before her now . But days yet darker and more hopeless days whose memory has left an indelible stain upon the name of England- were impending over the ...
... bitterness though it was , of becoming a mother , which for the first time was before her now . But days yet darker and more hopeless days whose memory has left an indelible stain upon the name of England- were impending over the ...
Page 118
... bitterness . She could not rouse herself , could not resume her in- terest in life , though she mechanically ful- filled its daily round of duties . Even her little son , her last and dearest treasure , now that she was bereft of him ...
... bitterness . She could not rouse herself , could not resume her in- terest in life , though she mechanically ful- filled its daily round of duties . Even her little son , her last and dearest treasure , now that she was bereft of him ...
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... bitterness of her lonely sorrow . True love indeed it was earnest devoted love ; and yet its course ran smooth ; its brief course , for never let human heart reckon upon the long continuance of such . As surely as the shadow follows on ...
... bitterness of her lonely sorrow . True love indeed it was earnest devoted love ; and yet its course ran smooth ; its brief course , for never let human heart reckon upon the long continuance of such . As surely as the shadow follows on ...
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... bitterness of death was over to her young and gentle heart , and she was resigned to go . I never saw her after that time , and I never shall forget her as I saw her last . It was the day before that on which her sisters were expected ...
... bitterness of death was over to her young and gentle heart , and she was resigned to go . I never saw her after that time , and I never shall forget her as I saw her last . It was the day before that on which her sisters were expected ...
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... bitterness , yet I have no doubt the reality far transcended any imagination of mine . " It happened that I was then about to leave home on a visit to some friends in the north , and when I returned at Christmas time the HELMSLEY HALL .
... bitterness , yet I have no doubt the reality far transcended any imagination of mine . " It happened that I was then about to leave home on a visit to some friends in the north , and when I returned at Christmas time the HELMSLEY HALL .
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Page 78 - Needs no show of mountain hoary, Winding shore, or deepening glen, Where the landscape in its glory Teaches truth to wandering men : Give true hearts but earth and sky, And some flowers to bloom and die, — Homely scenes and simple views, Lowly thoughts may best infuse.
Page 249 - No haughty feat of arms I tell; Soft is the note, and sad the lay That mourns the lovely Rosabelle.
Page 83 - How pure at heart and sound in head, With what divine affections bold Should be the man whose thought would hold An hour's communion with the dead. In vain shalt thou, or any, call The spirits from their golden day, Except, like them, thou too canst say, My spirit is at peace with all.
Page 37 - Soft shall be his pillow. There, through the summer day, Cool streams are laving ; There, while the tempests sway, Scarce are boughs waving ; There, thy rest shalt thou take, Parted for ever, Never again to wake, Never, O never.
Page 147 - The machinery for dreaming planted in the human brain was not planted for nothing. That faculty, in alliance with the mystery of darkness, is the one great tube through which man communicates with the shadowy.
Page 47 - By thine Agony and bloody Sweat ; by thy Cross and Passion ; by thy precious Death and Burial ; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension ; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, Good Lord, deliver us.
Page 173 - The first is health — some leave other occupations as too laborious and teach school, thinking that the trials of the schoolroom are much less than those of any other station. Health Is essential to the teacher, not only on his own account but for the sake of his pupils. To the sick, every trial is doubled. Some suffering bad health are better teachers than those enjoying good, but If the same person were possessed with health, he would be probably a much, better teacher. On one occasion the examination...
Page 128 - Being who has promised to be the ' father of the fatherless, and the husband of the widow.
Page 37 - Where shall the traitor rest, He, the deceiver, Who could win maiden's breast, Ruin, and leave her ? In the lost battle, Borne down by the flying, Where mingles war's rattle With groans of the dying...