The Works of Mrs. Sherwood: Being the Only Uniform Edition Ever Published in the United States ...Harper & Brothers, 1837 - English literature |
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... never will be again till the heavens shall be no more , though she was wont to be the first to greet me when I entered yon village street . ' At the sound of old Da- vid's voice ( for such was our harper's name ) , the nurse and ...
... never will be again till the heavens shall be no more , though she was wont to be the first to greet me when I entered yon village street . ' At the sound of old Da- vid's voice ( for such was our harper's name ) , the nurse and ...
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... never see my little boy again when he took leave of him , but he promised him , if ever he came again , he would bring him a book , with a picture in it , of a good man who travelled from the city of Destruc- tion to the celestial Zion ...
... never see my little boy again when he took leave of him , but he promised him , if ever he came again , he would bring him a book , with a picture in it , of a good man who travelled from the city of Destruc- tion to the celestial Zion ...
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... never again to settle at Plus Caervon , but established my son there on his marriage with his tutor's only daughter , who was an infant in arms when he entered her father's house - and he is now the parent of children as tall as myself ...
... never again to settle at Plus Caervon , but established my son there on his marriage with his tutor's only daughter , who was an infant in arms when he entered her father's house - and he is now the parent of children as tall as myself ...
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... never had more than one brother , and no sister , and my mother was an only child ; I was there- fore brought up in the idea that I never had , and never could have , more than one uncle ; yet I have given for the title of my story my ...
... never had more than one brother , and no sister , and my mother was an only child ; I was there- fore brought up in the idea that I never had , and never could have , more than one uncle ; yet I have given for the title of my story my ...
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... never cared to open his mouth before him . He is afraid of his acuteness . He is said to have a deep insight into human nature , and nothing leads to severi- ty of judgment like knowledge of the human heart ; you will allow that ...
... never cared to open his mouth before him . He is afraid of his acuteness . He is said to have a deep insight into human nature , and nothing leads to severi- ty of judgment like knowledge of the human heart ; you will allow that ...
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Page 149 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page 322 - What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Page 364 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 327 - The waters wear the stones : thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
Page 173 - JESUS, thy blood and righteousness My beauty are, my glorious dress ; 'Midst flaming worlds in these arrayed, With joy shall I lift up my head.
Page 315 - Thy people also shall be all righteous : they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation : I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
Page 404 - Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
Page 292 - ONE there is, above all others, Well deserves the name of Friend ; His is love beyond a brother's, Costly, free, and knows no end.
Page 325 - Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.