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... night- jar ( goatsucker ) that fluttered up from a sandy place in the path , and swooped madly away among the fir trees , while ever and anon some word would strike a deeper chord , and a few words would put something that mayhap had ...
... night- jar ( goatsucker ) that fluttered up from a sandy place in the path , and swooped madly away among the fir trees , while ever and anon some word would strike a deeper chord , and a few words would put something that mayhap had ...
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... nights of the little creature's life . Cats , too , were a continual delight to him ; the stable had always its white cat , and the house its black or tabby , and he never tired of watching their graceful movements . His love of animals ...
... nights of the little creature's life . Cats , too , were a continual delight to him ; the stable had always its white cat , and the house its black or tabby , and he never tired of watching their graceful movements . His love of animals ...
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... night , about six weeks before his death , when he awoke in pain and darkness in the middle of the night , the remembrance of that terrible isolation which you had described in these passages came upon him in awful horror , and drove ...
... night , about six weeks before his death , when he awoke in pain and darkness in the middle of the night , the remembrance of that terrible isolation which you had described in these passages came upon him in awful horror , and drove ...
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... night has no way diminished it . I have hardly thought of anything else since ; S- and I went together , feeling much alike , and I was much amused at her express- ing just what I was feeling . When the lecture was going to begin , she ...
... night has no way diminished it . I have hardly thought of anything else since ; S- and I went together , feeling much alike , and I was much amused at her express- ing just what I was feeling . When the lecture was going to begin , she ...
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... Night and day the heaven prosperous and blest in my " I can hardly bear to look at a woman or child - even at my own beloved ones sometimes . It raises such horrible images , from which I can't escape . What does it all mean ? Christ is ...
... Night and day the heaven prosperous and blest in my " I can hardly bear to look at a woman or child - even at my own beloved ones sometimes . It raises such horrible images , from which I can't escape . What does it all mean ? Christ is ...
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Charles Kingsley, His Letters and Memories of His Life;, Volume 3 Charles Kingsley,Frances Eliza Grenfell Kingsley No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 68 - And thro' the mountain-walls A rolling organ-harmony Swells up, and shakes and falls. Then move the trees, the copses nod, Wings flutter, voices hover clear : ' O just and faithful knight of God ! Ride on ! the prize is near.
Page 42 - Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to GOD, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
Page 466 - Thou, O Christ, art all I want ; More than all in Thee I find ; liaise the fallen, cheer the faint, Heal the sick, and lead the blind.
Page 453 - Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me ; for I am meek and lowly of heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Page 35 - O Lord, in thee have I trusted : let me never be confounded.
Page 19 - What we can we will be, Honest Englishmen. Do the work that's nearest, Though it's dull at whiles; Helping, when we meet them, Lame dogs over stiles ; See in every hedgerow Marks of angels...
Page 477 - When everything that is sincerely good And perfectly divine, With Truth, and peace, and Love shall ever shine About the supreme throne Of Him to...
Page 123 - The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men, between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy — invincible determination ; a purpose once fixed and then death or victory. That quality will do anything that can be done in this world, and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged creature a man without it.
Page 411 - Thou makest darkness, that it may be night ; wherein all the beasts of the forest do move. 21 The lions, roaring after their prey, do seek their meat from GOD.
Page 304 - The Sun's rim dips; the stars rush out: At one stride comes the dark; With far-heard whisper, o'er the sea, Off shot the spectre-bark.