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Page 30
... lost his pocket- book . By this time we would be across the street examining the book , apparently with great interest and greater secrecy . Our " pal " would assure the countryman that he saw him drop it , and offer to help him get it ...
... lost his pocket- book . By this time we would be across the street examining the book , apparently with great interest and greater secrecy . Our " pal " would assure the countryman that he saw him drop it , and offer to help him get it ...
Page 36
... lost your best and truest friend next to God . I was by this time about twelve years old , and the little money I had was soon gone ; but I found a place as chore - boy in the Troy Museum or Theater , which was in charge of Joe Howard ...
... lost your best and truest friend next to God . I was by this time about twelve years old , and the little money I had was soon gone ; but I found a place as chore - boy in the Troy Museum or Theater , which was in charge of Joe Howard ...
Page 42
... lost . All the people about would know by my clothes that I belonged to the Home , and would kindly bring me back in safety . O God ! This was the time I was truly crazy , and I want the reader to judge whether I was the craziest then ...
... lost . All the people about would know by my clothes that I belonged to the Home , and would kindly bring me back in safety . O God ! This was the time I was truly crazy , and I want the reader to judge whether I was the craziest then ...
Page 84
... lost their wealth , he was saying , " What fools the traveling public are ! " and all such talk . When the conductor came along for tickets , this man would put his hand in his pocket to get the book that held his ticket , only to jump ...
... lost their wealth , he was saying , " What fools the traveling public are ! " and all such talk . When the conductor came along for tickets , this man would put his hand in his pocket to get the book that held his ticket , only to jump ...
Page 113
... . Imagine yourself in a bank - vault , with the door shut on you , and you aware of the fact that they had lost the combination , are certain that you will never get out IO H. O. WILLS . 113 locked up in the dungeon; and once in Detroit...
... . Imagine yourself in a bank - vault , with the door shut on you , and you aware of the fact that they had lost the combination , are certain that you will never get out IO H. O. WILLS . 113 locked up in the dungeon; and once in Detroit...
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Popular passages
Page 108 - Shew me thy ways, O Lord ; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation ; on thee do I wait all the day.
Page 196 - The Lord bless thee, and keep thee : the Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee : the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
Page 39 - Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
Page 155 - This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that JESUS CHRIST came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
Page 12 - Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Page 150 - He shall not cry, nor lift up, Nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench : He shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
Page 167 - Man is the creature of interest and ambition. His nature leads him forth into the struggle and bustle of the world. Love is but the embellishment of his early life, or a song piped in the intervals of the »cts. He seeks for fame, for fortune, for space in the world's thought, and dominion over his fellow men.
Page 167 - Her rest is broken — the sweet refreshment of sleep is poisoned by melancholy dreams — " dry sorrow drinks her blood," until her enfeebled frame sinks under the slightest external injury. Look for her, after a little while, and you find friendship weeping over her untimely grave, and wondering that one, who but lately glowed with all the radiance of health and beauty, should so speedily be brought down to "darkness and the worm.
Page 68 - I will praise thee, O LORD my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
Page 167 - But woman's is comparatively a fixed, a secluded, and a meditative life. She is more the companion of her own thoughts and feelings; and if they are turned to ministers of sorrow, where shall she look for consolation! Her lot is to be wooed and won; and if unhappy in her love, her heart is like some fortress that has been captured, and sacked, and abandoned and left desolate.