The Western Monthly, Volumes 1-2Francis Fisher Browne Reed & Tuttle, 1869 |
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... hope of immortality , and that amid the golden glories of the resurrection morn she would receive a crown of life . " Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord , " she had quoted to him only a few days before , and he realized the full ...
... hope of immortality , and that amid the golden glories of the resurrection morn she would receive a crown of life . " Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord , " she had quoted to him only a few days before , and he realized the full ...
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... hope of life was dying in his bosom ; but his children were still left to stimu- late his energies , and he toiled on with his accustomed diligence . Miriam Wes- ton was only fourteen years of age , but she was a bright little creature ...
... hope of life was dying in his bosom ; but his children were still left to stimu- late his energies , and he toiled on with his accustomed diligence . Miriam Wes- ton was only fourteen years of age , but she was a bright little creature ...
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... hope of any country must , there- fore , always be with its young . With them we see the candle of life , not like us of middle age , half consumed , but just lit ; and so to be trimmed that it shall burn brighter and brighter till it ...
... hope of any country must , there- fore , always be with its young . With them we see the candle of life , not like us of middle age , half consumed , but just lit ; and so to be trimmed that it shall burn brighter and brighter till it ...
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... hope of reward . The man of un- bending moral principle is a real hero . The man who stands erect , with his heel on the demon of Temptation , hydra- headed as it is , is nobler and stronger than the most gifted statesman or the ...
... hope of reward . The man of un- bending moral principle is a real hero . The man who stands erect , with his heel on the demon of Temptation , hydra- headed as it is , is nobler and stronger than the most gifted statesman or the ...
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... hope still shed its brilliant light , And the peace angel flashed her snowy wing Across the wild path of the stormy king . Quietly the billows were rocked to sleep In the cold cradle of the briny deep ; Peacefully the wild winds went to ...
... hope still shed its brilliant light , And the peace angel flashed her snowy wing Across the wild path of the stormy king . Quietly the billows were rocked to sleep In the cold cradle of the briny deep ; Peacefully the wild winds went to ...
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Page 266 - Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
Page 90 - Thus dwelt together in love these simple Acadian farmers, — Dwelt in the love of God and of man. Alike were they free from Fear, that reigns with the tyrant, and envy, the vice of republics.
Page 136 - O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand...
Page 174 - I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of the lords to stop the progress of reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824 there set in a great flood upon that town— the...
Page 216 - If thou art worn and hard beset With sorrows, that thou wouldst forget, If thou wouldst read a lesson, that will keep Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep, Go to the woods and hills! — No tears Dim the sweet look that Nature wears.
Page 282 - The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist...
Page 376 - Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of glory ; — taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste— taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion — taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth...
Page 21 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Page 26 - There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.