Now and Then: Through a Glass, DarklyHarper, 1848 - 312 pages |
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... head was bald , and finely formed ; and the little hair that he had left , was of a silvery colour , verging on white . His countenance and figure were very striking to an observant beholder ; who would have said at once , " That man is ...
... head was bald , and finely formed ; and the little hair that he had left , was of a silvery colour , verging on white . His countenance and figure were very striking to an observant beholder ; who would have said at once , " That man is ...
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... head . The last ob- servation , however , imperceptibly grew more grateful to his feelings whenever it was repeated . At length it occurred to him that Sarah , who was never very voluble , always preserved silence when such topic , or ...
... head . The last ob- servation , however , imperceptibly grew more grateful to his feelings whenever it was repeated . At length it occurred to him that Sarah , who was never very voluble , always preserved silence when such topic , or ...
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... head , and kissed its pale unconscious cheek , with emotions which none but a mother could feel . To her , and to her husband , their poor child became infinitely dearer from this its mis- fortune - it was enshrined , as it were , in ...
... head , and kissed its pale unconscious cheek , with emotions which none but a mother could feel . To her , and to her husband , their poor child became infinitely dearer from this its mis- fortune - it was enshrined , as it were , in ...
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... heads . It was , however , very hard to sustain these proud feel- ings when he looked at his father , and his emaciated wife , and thought of her privations , borne with appa- rently a cheerful indifference , which quite vanished the ...
... heads . It was , however , very hard to sustain these proud feel- ings when he looked at his father , and his emaciated wife , and thought of her privations , borne with appa- rently a cheerful indifference , which quite vanished the ...
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... head above water " as long as possible . Mr. Oxley was seen through and despised by Mr. Hylton , the former perfectly well knew the estimation in which he was held by the latter ; who , however , for the sake of parish peace , exhibited ...
... head above water " as long as possible . Mr. Oxley was seen through and despised by Mr. Hylton , the former perfectly well knew the estimation in which he was held by the latter ; who , however , for the sake of parish peace , exhibited ...
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Page 388 - And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Page 451 - ... to cause law and justice, in mercy, to be executed in all his judgments ; to maintain the laws of " God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law...
Page 310 - For the Lord will not cast off for ever : but though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies. For He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
Page 24 - And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
Page 362 - And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your heart forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Page 24 - And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
Page 129 - Columbia, laborer, not having the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil...
Page 131 - ... truly try the issue joined between Our Sovereign Lord the King and the prisoner at the bar, and would a true verdict give according to the evidence, so help him God!