The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Younger Members of the English Church, Volume 27John & Charles Mozley, 1854 |
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... lady- love , and competitions in poetry , in which the reward was a golden violet . Each troubadour thought it needful to be dedicated to the service of some lady , in whose honour all his exploits in arms , or achievements in ...
... lady- love , and competitions in poetry , in which the reward was a golden violet . Each troubadour thought it needful to be dedicated to the service of some lady , in whose honour all his exploits in arms , or achievements in ...
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... lady , was soon allowed to join her husband , but Eleanor was retained in confinement at Winchester . As long as his mother , whom he tenderly loved , was imprisoned , Richard thought his resistance justified , and Aquitaine echoed with ...
... lady , was soon allowed to join her husband , but Eleanor was retained in confinement at Winchester . As long as his mother , whom he tenderly loved , was imprisoned , Richard thought his resistance justified , and Aquitaine echoed with ...
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... lady's mind . ' 6 Clarenham lays claim then to the guardianship ? ' asked Eustace . Father Cyril proceeded with a narrative , the substance of which was as follows : Simon de Clarenham , as has been mentioned , had obtained from King ...
... lady's mind . ' 6 Clarenham lays claim then to the guardianship ? ' asked Eustace . Father Cyril proceeded with a narrative , the substance of which was as follows : Simon de Clarenham , as has been mentioned , had obtained from King ...
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... Lady Lynwood's alarms were brought to a height by an attempt on his part to way lay her son and carry him off by force , while riding in the neighbourhood of the castle . The plot had failed , by the fidelity of the villagers of Lynwood ...
... Lady Lynwood's alarms were brought to a height by an attempt on his part to way lay her son and carry him off by force , while riding in the neighbourhood of the castle . The plot had failed , by the fidelity of the villagers of Lynwood ...
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... ladies of the House of Savoy . I trust the walls were thick enough to prevent them from hearing the shrieks of agony , which must have risen from below when they , perhaps , were gazing through the narrow window on the lake , and the ...
... ladies of the House of Savoy . I trust the walls were thick enough to prevent them from hearing the shrieks of agony , which must have risen from below when they , perhaps , were gazing through the narrow window on the lake , and the ...
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Page 249 - And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
Page 257 - Nothing useless is, or low ; Each thing in its place is best ; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest. For the structure that we raise, Time is with materials filled ; Our to-days and yesterdays Are the blocks with which we build.
Page 301 - Enters Alagna; in his Vicar Christ Himself a captive, and his mockery Acted again. Lo! to his holy lip The vinegar and gall once more applied ; And he 'twixt living robbers doom'd to bleed. Lo ! the new Pilate, of whose cruelty Such violence cannot fill the measure up, With no decree to sanction, pushes on Into the temple
Page 3 - Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools : for they consider not that they do evil.
Page 82 - In that day there shall be a fountain opened To the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem For sin and for uncleanness.
Page 242 - He ascended into heaven, He sitteth on the right hand of the Father, God almighty : from whence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. At Whose coming all men shall rise again with their bodies : and shall give account for their own works. And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting : and they that have done evil into everlasting fire.
Page 86 - Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
Page 242 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Page 1 - Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. 11 Walk about Sion, and go round about her; and tell the towers thereof. 12 Mark well her bulwarks, set up her houses, that ye may tell them that come after. 13 For this God is our God for ever and ever : He shall be our guide unto death.
Page 1 - Close thine eyes, and sleep secure; Thy soul is safe, thy body sure : He that guards thee, he that keeps, Never slumbers, never sleeps. A quiet conscience in the breast Has only peace, has only rest: The music and the mirth of kings Are out of tune unless she sings. Then close thine eyes in peace, and sleep secure — No sleep so sweet as thine, no rest so sure!