Stories for the fire-side; or, Moral improvement illustrated |
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... once knew a very nice woman , possessed of many amiable qualities , whose fondness for a pet dog was the annoyance of all her visitors . Pinkey , ( so the little thing was called , ) fared sumptuously every day , whether his mis- tress ...
... once knew a very nice woman , possessed of many amiable qualities , whose fondness for a pet dog was the annoyance of all her visitors . Pinkey , ( so the little thing was called , ) fared sumptuously every day , whether his mis- tress ...
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... once was dear ; They prompt the sigh , bid tear - drops start , And yet we love to hear ; They open all the close shut cells Where contemplation darkly dwells . " At length we arrived within the precincts of my domain : the carriage ...
... once was dear ; They prompt the sigh , bid tear - drops start , And yet we love to hear ; They open all the close shut cells Where contemplation darkly dwells . " At length we arrived within the precincts of my domain : the carriage ...
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... feelings wan- dered for the first time through localities , sanctified by haivng been once in the every - day occupation of a departed parent , can enter into my sensations ; here too OR , MORAL IMPROVEMENT ILLUSTRATED . 7.
... feelings wan- dered for the first time through localities , sanctified by haivng been once in the every - day occupation of a departed parent , can enter into my sensations ; here too OR , MORAL IMPROVEMENT ILLUSTRATED . 7.
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... once a week , to wipe and turn the cheese , wore cotton gowns , and dined at noon in the kitchen . But , despite my manifold occupations in benefitting my neighbours , I felt the want of something endearing at home . There was " the ...
... once a week , to wipe and turn the cheese , wore cotton gowns , and dined at noon in the kitchen . But , despite my manifold occupations in benefitting my neighbours , I felt the want of something endearing at home . There was " the ...
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... once suggest to my old coachman , as he held her up to pat the horses necks , how much better they would look with some flowers about them . A sympathy with sounds had early manifested itself- she was remarkably fond of music . I had ...
... once suggest to my old coachman , as he held her up to pat the horses necks , how much better they would look with some flowers about them . A sympathy with sounds had early manifested itself- she was remarkably fond of music . I had ...
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Page 62 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. 'And they shall be mine,' saith the Lord of hosts, 'in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
Page 112 - These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind , and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Page 135 - Not a tree, A plant, a leaf, a blossom, but contains A folio volume. We may read, and read, And read again, and still find something new, Something to please, and something to instruct, E'en in the noisome weed.
Page 2 - And taught a brute the way to safe revenge. i would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, * Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Page 152 - Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof : and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry : for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Page 116 - To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him; neither have we obeyed the Voice of the Lord our God, to walk in His Laws, which He set before us by His servants the Prophets.
Page 40 - Ghost, and that all standing in their lot may manifest that charity which " suffereth long and is kind, which envieth not. vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up...
Page 11 - The playful humour ; he could now endure (Himself grown sober in the vale of tears) And feel a parent's presence no restraint. But not to understand a treasure's worth Till time has stolen away the slighted good, Is cause of half the poverty we feel, And makes the world the wilderness it is.
Page 26 - Thou hast — but on ocean, earth, or sea, The heart of a mother has gone with thee. There is not a grand inspiring thought, There is not a truth by wisdom taught, There is not a feeling pure and high, That may not be read in a mother's eye.
Page 88 - ... communion with the workers of iniquity. " What participation hath justice with injustice ? or what fellowship hath light with darkness ? or what concord hath Christ with Belial ? And what part hath the faithful with the unbeliever ?" (2 Cor. vi. 14, 15.) In matters not of religion the faithful may, no doubt, have intercourse with such heretics as are tolerated, and they are certainly not required or permitted to oppose the age in any respect in which the age is right. But...