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... not for me , a servant of Him who ruleth all things , to think that any created desolation carries in it certain fate ; but where he sends this scourge of His anger , there straightway departs all hope . CALEB FIELD . 23.
... not for me , a servant of Him who ruleth all things , to think that any created desolation carries in it certain fate ; but where he sends this scourge of His anger , there straightway departs all hope . CALEB FIELD . 23.
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... hope . Edith , I am lingering on these words , thou seest - I would have thee make up thy mind to this , and yet I would not . It is hard to part with thee , my little one ! and yet - for the Lord's sake , Edith , bid thy father God ...
... hope . Edith , I am lingering on these words , thou seest - I would have thee make up thy mind to this , and yet I would not . It is hard to part with thee , my little one ! and yet - for the Lord's sake , Edith , bid thy father God ...
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... " The light , and hope , and enthusiastic youthful firmness faded from her face , like the latest sun- beams from the sky of even . Peril , want , labor , hardship , B she was prepared to meet , but not this deadly CALEB FIELD . 25.
... " The light , and hope , and enthusiastic youthful firmness faded from her face , like the latest sun- beams from the sky of even . Peril , want , labor , hardship , B she was prepared to meet , but not this deadly CALEB FIELD . 25.
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... hope where it comes ? " " Alas ! I can not tell , " said the Puritan , " for thou may'st think , Edith , how it would fare with one stricken with any sickness , if those about him rushed forth from his bedside in affright , and fled ...
... hope where it comes ? " " Alas ! I can not tell , " said the Puritan , " for thou may'st think , Edith , how it would fare with one stricken with any sickness , if those about him rushed forth from his bedside in affright , and fled ...
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... hope is fittest of all moods for a servant of the Lord . Let us go down to speak to this good dame of thine , and then , Edith - then we must part . " 46 She lifted her head - she had not been weeping - there were traces in her face of ...
... hope is fittest of all moods for a servant of the Lord . Let us go down to speak to this good dame of thine , and then , Edith - then we must part . " 46 She lifted her head - she had not been weeping - there were traces in her face of ...
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