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... involve lying ? Has any one a right to help a friend by stealing ? What , if anything , is the difference in these two cases ? MAKING EXCUSES BY MARIA EDGEWORTH " Rosamond , you did FIFTH YEAR : LOYALTY 139 APRIL: LOYALTY TO TRUTH MAY:
... involve lying ? Has any one a right to help a friend by stealing ? What , if anything , is the difference in these two cases ? MAKING EXCUSES BY MARIA EDGEWORTH " Rosamond , you did FIFTH YEAR : LOYALTY 139 APRIL: LOYALTY TO TRUTH MAY:
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... Rosamond , you did not water your geranium last night , " said her mother . " Yes , mamma no , mamma , I mean ... Rosamond , " because it was very hot , and mamma had just desired me not to run any more then , because I was too hot ...
... Rosamond , you did not water your geranium last night , " said her mother . " Yes , mamma no , mamma , I mean ... Rosamond , " because it was very hot , and mamma had just desired me not to run any more then , because I was too hot ...
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... Rosamond , you shall be judge , and I trust that you will be an upright judge . ' " Upright ! that is honest . Oh , certainly , mamma . ' " Could you not have watered the geraniums without the rose of the little green watering - pot ...
... Rosamond , you shall be judge , and I trust that you will be an upright judge . ' " Upright ! that is honest . Oh , certainly , mamma . ' " Could you not have watered the geraniums without the rose of the little green watering - pot ...
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... Rosamond ; " one a day is quite enough for me . " " Then we begin to - morrow ; for , you know , to - day can- not be counted , because you made seven in five minutes . " " I know that , " interrupted Rosamond ; " to - day goes for ...
... Rosamond ; " one a day is quite enough for me . " " Then we begin to - morrow ; for , you know , to - day can- not be counted , because you made seven in five minutes . " " I know that , " interrupted Rosamond ; " to - day goes for ...
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... Rosamond ! There's an- other excuse ; for it is plain you had blotting paper on your desk . Look , here it is . " Rosamond was ashamed and vexed . " For such a little , tiny excuse , to lose my day , " said she ; " and when I really did ...
... Rosamond ! There's an- other excuse ; for it is plain you had blotting paper on your desk . Look , here it is . " Rosamond was ashamed and vexed . " For such a little , tiny excuse , to lose my day , " said she ; " and when I really did ...
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Page 43 - I'll tell thee. He is called by thy name, For He calls himself a Lamb; He is meek and He is mild, He became a little child. I a child and thou a lamb, We are called by His name, Little lamb, God bless thee!
Page 32 - And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.
Page 206 - Beside this corpse, that bears for winding-sheet The Stars and Stripes he lived to rear anew, Between the mourners at his head and feet, Say, scurrile jester, is there room for you? Yes: he had lived to shame me from my sneer, To lame my pencil, and confute my pen; To make me own this hind of princes peer, This rail-splitter a true-born king of men.
Page 207 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Page 121 - Days of plenty and years of peace; March of a strong, land's swift increase; Equal justice, right and law, Stately honor and reverend awe; Sign of a nation, great and strong To ward her people from foreign wrong: Pride and glory and honor, — all Live in the colors to stand or fall.
Page 195 - How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought And simple truth his utmost skill!
Page 32 - And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said. This is one of the Hebrews
Page 232 - WHENE'ER a noble deed is wrought, Whene'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts, in glad surprise, To higher levels rise. The tidal wave of deeper souls Into our inmost being rolls, And lifts us unawares Out of all meaner cares.
Page 234 - A Lady with a Lamp shall stand In the great history of the land, A noble type of good, Heroic womanhood. Nor even shall be wanting here The palm, the lily, and the spear, * The symbols that of yore Saint Filomena bore.
Page 219 - America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea.