The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Younger Members of the English Church, Volume 27John & Charles Mozley, 1854 |
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... sister Petronella were joint heiresses of the great duchy of Aquitaine , their father having died on pilgrimage to ... Sisters of the convent prayed for mercy on her soul and King Henry's . Even King John paid the costs of this sup ...
... sister Petronella were joint heiresses of the great duchy of Aquitaine , their father having died on pilgrimage to ... Sisters of the convent prayed for mercy on her soul and King Henry's . Even King John paid the costs of this sup ...
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... sister to King Sancho of Navarre , and was anxious to know on what ground he stood with Alice ; but the con- sequence of his first demonstration was that Henry sent Eleanor back to her prison at Winchester . This broke the tie that held ...
... sister to King Sancho of Navarre , and was anxious to know on what ground he stood with Alice ; but the con- sequence of his first demonstration was that Henry sent Eleanor back to her prison at Winchester . This broke the tie that held ...
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... sister Alice to his son Richard , and secure to him the succession of the crown . I also demand that his son John should go to Palestine with his brother , or he will disturb the peace of the kingdom . ' ' That he will ! ' exclaimed ...
... sister Alice to his son Richard , and secure to him the succession of the crown . I also demand that his son John should go to Palestine with his brother , or he will disturb the peace of the kingdom . ' ' That he will ! ' exclaimed ...
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... sisters , and accepted the mastership of a school , where the sons of the neighbour- ing gentry were educated . Here he again was distin guished for his virtues , his talents , and the admirable management of his pupils . The school was ...
... sisters , and accepted the mastership of a school , where the sons of the neighbour- ing gentry were educated . Here he again was distin guished for his virtues , his talents , and the admirable management of his pupils . The school was ...
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... sisters coming in to kiss her and bid her good - night , nurse and Flora arrang- ing her for the night , Flora coming to sleep in her little bed in the corner of the room ... sister - in - law , Dame Eleanor , was 30 THE MONTHLY PACKET .
... sisters coming in to kiss her and bid her good - night , nurse and Flora arrang- ing her for the night , Flora coming to sleep in her little bed in the corner of the room ... sister - in - law , Dame Eleanor , was 30 THE MONTHLY PACKET .
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Aphrodite appear Aquitaine arms Arthur ARTHUR OF BRITTANY Audrey Aunt Basle bear beautiful believe Berne Bishop Brabançons brother called castle Cheviot child Church Clarenham Cocksmoor confession cross DAISY CHAIN dark dear death deities dreaded Duchess of Brittany Duke eclipse Elda Eleanor English Eros Eros and Psyche Ethel Eustace faith father fear Flora French Fribourg Fulk Geneva gentle girl goddess hand happy Harry hear heart Helena Henry Holy honour horses Hoxton Hugh de Lusignan John Kate King King of France knights lady looked Lord Lynwood Margaret Marie mind MONTHLY PACKET mountain never noble Norman once papa passed Philippe Poitou prince Psyche Queen repentance Richard Rosamond Saladin Saracens seemed sister sorrow Swiss tell thee things thou thought took town Vincent voice wish words young Zephyrus
Popular passages
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!