The Catholic Record, Volume 12Hardy & Mahony., 1877 - Catholic literature |
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... head out of the water , then dived , raising a tail - fin like the sail of a windmill , clear above the surface as he plunged under . He was a monster , thirty or forty feet long . After this little excitement the day wore away quietly ...
... head out of the water , then dived , raising a tail - fin like the sail of a windmill , clear above the surface as he plunged under . He was a monster , thirty or forty feet long . After this little excitement the day wore away quietly ...
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... head foremost on to the land , and shouted , " Break- ers or ice ahead ! " There was not much sea , and it was even then time to save the ship . But the officer on deck , who was afterwards lost , in- stead of instantly ordering the en ...
... head foremost on to the land , and shouted , " Break- ers or ice ahead ! " There was not much sea , and it was even then time to save the ship . But the officer on deck , who was afterwards lost , in- stead of instantly ordering the en ...
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... head . Thou hear'st him in the crashing roar , When down the heavens the tempests pour ; Thou hear'st him in the voices loud That clamor in the thundercloud ; He's clearly heard when , armed with fire , The tempest wakes old ocean's ire ...
... head . Thou hear'st him in the crashing roar , When down the heavens the tempests pour ; Thou hear'st him in the voices loud That clamor in the thundercloud ; He's clearly heard when , armed with fire , The tempest wakes old ocean's ire ...
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... head , charmed his ear by its melody , and secured his attention by its brilliancy of plumage . He lost a whole hour in listen- ing , and then resumed his axe and went on with his work . When his task was accomplished he tied up his ...
... head , charmed his ear by its melody , and secured his attention by its brilliancy of plumage . He lost a whole hour in listen- ing , and then resumed his axe and went on with his work . When his task was accomplished he tied up his ...
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... head down close by her mother's ear . " Mother , I'll take tent of Will . Mother , do you hear ! He shall not want aught I can give or get for him , least of all the kind words which you had ever ready for us both . Bless you ! bless ...
... head down close by her mother's ear . " Mother , I'll take tent of Will . Mother , do you hear ! He shall not want aught I can give or get for him , least of all the kind words which you had ever ready for us both . Bless you ! bless ...
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Page 331 - Turn thy wild wheel thro' sunshine, storm, and cloud; Thy wheel and thee we neither love nor hate. 'Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel with smile or frown; With that wild wheel we go not up or down; Our hoard is little, but our hearts are great. ' Smile and we smile, the lords of many lands; Frown and we smile, the lords of our own hands; For man is man and master of his fate. ' Turn, turn thy wheel above the staring crowd ; Thy wheel and thou are shadows in the cloud; Thy wheel and thee we neither love...
Page 166 - If any man say, I love God, and hateth his brother ; he is a liar. For he that loveth not his brother, whom he seeth, how can he love God, whom he seeth not ? And this commandment we have from God, that he, who loveth God, love also his brother.
Page 198 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Page 214 - God in Heaven, from that holy place, To each of us an Angel guide has given ; But Mothers of dead children have more grace, — For they give Angels to their God and Heaven. How can a mother's heart feel cold or weary Knowing her dearer self safe, happy, warm ? How can she feel her road too dark or dreary, Who knows her treasure sheltered from the storm ? How can she sin ? Our hearts may be unheeding, Our God forgot, our holy Saints defied ; But can a mother hear her dead child pleading, And thrust...
Page 158 - Where the Day joins the past Eternity ; While, on the other hand, meek Dian's crest Floats through the azure air— an island of the blest...
Page 363 - Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest station ends in, " Here he lies," And " Dust to dust
Page 167 - But I say to you, Love your enemies : do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you: That you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven, who maketh his sun to rise upon the good, and bad, and raineth upon the just and the unjust.
Page 305 - And this is the offering which ye shall take of them ; gold, and silver, and brass, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and rams' skins dyed red, and badgers...
Page 203 - And these signs shall follow them that believe. In my name they shall cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they shall drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay their hands upon the sick, and they shall recover.
Page 233 - Badajos, Salamanca, Albuera, Toulouse, and, last of all, the greatest —. Tell me, for you were there — I appeal to the gallant soldier before me...