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... beautiful , how BEAUTIFUL the rainbow is ! " " Come over , come OVER the river to me ! " " Oh , dear mamma ! oh , DEAR MAMMA ! ” So , too , words like " himself , " " itself , " " yourself , " etc. , are used for the sole purpose of ...
... beautiful , how BEAUTIFUL the rainbow is ! " " Come over , come OVER the river to me ! " " Oh , dear mamma ! oh , DEAR MAMMA ! ” So , too , words like " himself , " " itself , " " yourself , " etc. , are used for the sole purpose of ...
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... beautiful parlor ; then , curious things to see up the winding stair ) . Second stanza ( a bed , with pretty curtains and fine sheets ; kind attentions prom- ised by the Spider , who tries to show how anxious he is for the Fly's com ...
... beautiful parlor ; then , curious things to see up the winding stair ) . Second stanza ( a bed , with pretty curtains and fine sheets ; kind attentions prom- ised by the Spider , who tries to show how anxious he is for the Fly's com ...
Page 48
... beautiful web which the spider had prepared with so much ingenuity . 3. The child replied , " Has the spider not directed all his ingenuity to blood and malice , while the bee collects honey and wax , from which man derives much ...
... beautiful web which the spider had prepared with so much ingenuity . 3. The child replied , " Has the spider not directed all his ingenuity to blood and malice , while the bee collects honey and wax , from which man derives much ...
Page 53
... beautiful and lovely than he had been told . For , wherever he went , the tender mosses kissed his feet , the grasses clasped his knees , the flowers caressed his hands , the bushes stroked his cheeks kindly and coolingly , and the tall ...
... beautiful and lovely than he had been told . For , wherever he went , the tender mosses kissed his feet , the grasses clasped his knees , the flowers caressed his hands , the bushes stroked his cheeks kindly and coolingly , and the tall ...
Page 83
... beautiful curtains . " Flinty slopes " and " stubble - speared " ( the trials of the boy with bare feet are to walk over a field of stubble or over flinty stones ) . Explain how shoes may be called " prison - cells of pride . " XXIX ...
... beautiful curtains . " Flinty slopes " and " stubble - speared " ( the trials of the boy with bare feet are to walk over a field of stubble or over flinty stones ) . Explain how shoes may be called " prison - cells of pride . " XXIX ...
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Page 191 - Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air, for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Page 200 - When I remember all The friends, so linked together, I've seen around me fall, Like leaves in wintry weather; I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands "dead, And all but he departed!
Page 187 - And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee : for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Page 235 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favorite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 107 - Where are the flowers, the fair young flowers, that lately sprang and stood In brighter light, and softer airs, a beauteous sisterhood ? Alas ! they all are in their graves, the gentle race of flowers Are lying in their lowly beds, with the fair and good of ours. The rain is falling where they lie, but the cold November rain Calls not from out the gloomy earth the lovely ones again.
Page 174 - And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
Page 187 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in dang-er of the judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be in danger of the judgment...
Page 18 - But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet...
Page 127 - His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.
Page 128 - Toiling, — rejoicing, — sorrowing, Onward through life he goes ; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close ; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose. Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught...