Bonnie JeannieLondon; Norwich [printed 1881], 1881 - 167 pages |
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Page 30
... strong , her husband acceded to her wish . " Puir body ! " said he , " she was evidently on her way to succour the wee bairn of a rich widower , and by that means to earn an honest livelihood , when she came to her death . Puir thing ...
... strong , her husband acceded to her wish . " Puir body ! " said he , " she was evidently on her way to succour the wee bairn of a rich widower , and by that means to earn an honest livelihood , when she came to her death . Puir thing ...
Page 48
... strong wish to gauge the very depths of Janet's heart . If the latter , you will agree with me that the course pursued by the perseveringly tacit lover was almost as tender as vivisection . But there are so many ways of looking at the ...
... strong wish to gauge the very depths of Janet's heart . If the latter , you will agree with me that the course pursued by the perseveringly tacit lover was almost as tender as vivisection . But there are so many ways of looking at the ...
Page 60
... strong tones of hers which somehow always set things to rights . " You love this young man , my child . Does he love you equally ? " Janet hid her face on " the mother's " shoulder , and wept quietly ; but she soon recovered herself a ...
... strong tones of hers which somehow always set things to rights . " You love this young man , my child . Does he love you equally ? " Janet hid her face on " the mother's " shoulder , and wept quietly ; but she soon recovered herself a ...
Page 66
... strong and sure , With a firm and ample base ; And ascending and secure Shall to - morrow find its place . " LONG FELLOW . N the following morning came a note from Mr. Frost , to " Dear Miss Rushmere , " written in a stiff , flourishing ...
... strong and sure , With a firm and ample base ; And ascending and secure Shall to - morrow find its place . " LONG FELLOW . N the following morning came a note from Mr. Frost , to " Dear Miss Rushmere , " written in a stiff , flourishing ...
Page 69
... strong warmth of heart . No one more tenderly sympathized with all that was " true - womanly " in Janet's present state of mind . No one was more revered by both disputants than she . So Mrs. Moss , sen . , was 66 69 " " LIFE IS LIFE ...
... strong warmth of heart . No one more tenderly sympathized with all that was " true - womanly " in Janet's present state of mind . No one was more revered by both disputants than she . So Mrs. Moss , sen . , was 66 69 " " LIFE IS LIFE ...
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aboot Alderney baby bairnie Barney Barney's beautiful Ben's Benjamin Moss Bessie birds bless bonnie butcher boy canna child cloth Coloured Frontispiece comfort creature crutch dear door EMMA MARSHALL eyes face father fcap feel frae gentle ghostie gilt edges girl God's hand Harley head heart Home Farm horse Janet Rushmere Jarrold and Sons Jeannie John Moss kind knew lady lassie lips little Rob London looked Mary Moss master Master Rob mind Miss Jane-it Miss Small Moss's mother Mother's Last Words Nancy never Nobbs pain Paternoster Buildings Pence perhaps poor postmaster pretty quietly Robbie Robert Moss Scotland seemed SEWELL SHILLINGS & SIXPENCE shoulder smile softly spoke stood sweet Tankley tears tell tender tenderly thing thought Tim's Timmins tones true turned village voice walked White Nancy wonder young
Popular passages
Page 74 - In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part ; For the gods see everywhere.
Page 162 - There are in this loud stunning tide Of human care and crime, With whom the melodies abide Of the everlasting chime ; Who carry music in their heart Through dusky lane and wrangling mart, Plying their daily task with busier feet, Because their secret souls a holy strain repeat.
Page 149 - Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted ; If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters, returning Back to their springs, like the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment ; That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
Page 42 - Bear through sorrow, wrong, and ruth, In thy heart the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth. O, that dew, like balm, shall steal Into wounds, that cannot heal, Even as sleep our eyes doth seal ; And that smile, like sunshine, dart Into many a sunless heart, For a smile of God thou art.
Page 20 - Rain falls, suns rise and set, Earth whirls, and all but to prosper A poor little violet. This child is not mine as the first was, I cannot sing it to rest, I cannot lift it up fatherly And...
Page 132 - There were ninety and nine that safely lay In the shelter of the fold, But one was out on the hills away, Far off from the gates of gold — Away on the mountains wild and bare, Away from the tender Shepherd's care. " Lord, Thou hast here Thy ninety and nine ; Are they not enough for Thee ? " But the Shepherd made answer—" This of mine Has wandered away from Me ; And although the road be rough and steep, I go to the desert to find My sheep.
Page 144 - Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way, But to act that each tomorrow Find us farther than today.
Page 28 - She is not dead, — the child of our affection, — But gone unto that school Where she no longer needs our poor protection, And Christ himself doth rule.
Page 163 - AS helpless as a child who clings £\ Fast to his father's arm, And casts his weakness on the strength That keeps him safe from harm ; So I, my Father, cling to Thee, And thus I every hour Would link my earthly feebleness To Thine almighty power.
Page 77 - Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise.