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... Doctor Mather , and was understood to be a very learned man and a writer . Mr. Grover and the rest of the neighbours believed him to be " a little cracked . " He used to go about the country gathering sea - weeds , plants , and insects ...
... Doctor Mather , and was understood to be a very learned man and a writer . Mr. Grover and the rest of the neighbours believed him to be " a little cracked . " He used to go about the country gathering sea - weeds , plants , and insects ...
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... doctors and others , . about the wearing of stays ; the doctors condemn them altogether they are wrong . There are stays and stays- the French corset , elastic and easy , is advantageous both to look and health ; it prevents that ...
... doctors and others , . about the wearing of stays ; the doctors condemn them altogether they are wrong . There are stays and stays- the French corset , elastic and easy , is advantageous both to look and health ; it prevents that ...
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... Doctors of law , barristers , and physicians are esquires . A few words on heraldry are necessary now when every parvenu makes himself an object of ridicule by buying his arms and crest . Heraldry began and grew with the feudal system ...
... Doctors of law , barristers , and physicians are esquires . A few words on heraldry are necessary now when every parvenu makes himself an object of ridicule by buying his arms and crest . Heraldry began and grew with the feudal system ...
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... doctor ! If he scolds you , Miss Jessie , please consider me your champion . " The doctor , being an old friend , did scold the " mad- cap , " who had , he for a while averred , undone his and Nature's fortnight's work . Relenting ...
... doctor ! If he scolds you , Miss Jessie , please consider me your champion . " The doctor , being an old friend , did scold the " mad- cap , " who had , he for a while averred , undone his and Nature's fortnight's work . Relenting ...
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... Doctors and savants imagined they had achieved great things in this age of superior light , because ladies had left off the above - named long and tight - laced corset . But they were greatly mistaken . Fashion had for a time been on ...
... Doctors and savants imagined they had achieved great things in this age of superior light , because ladies had left off the above - named long and tight - laced corset . But they were greatly mistaken . Fashion had for a time been on ...
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Page 2 - Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Page 538 - Like a mighty army Moves the Church of God ! Brothers, we are treading Where the saints have trod ; We are not divided, All one Body we, One in hope and doctrine, One in charity.
Page 478 - TELL me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, Dear, so much, Loved I not Honour more.
Page 238 - But the beating of my own heart Was all the sound I heard. He came not, — no, he came not,— The night came on alone, — The little...
Page 159 - We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best.
Page 359 - I am thy God, and will still give thee aid; I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand, Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand.
Page 122 - Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever ; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long : And so make life, death, and that vast for-ever One grand, sweet song.
Page 538 - Crowns and thrones may perish. Kingdoms rise and wane, But the Church of Jesus Constant will remain ; Gates of hell can never 'Gainst that Church prevail ; We have Christ's own promise, And that cannot fail. Onward, etc. 5 Onward, then, ye people ! Join our happy throng ! Blend with ours your voices In the triumph song ! Glory, laud, and honor, Unto Christ the King ; This through countless ages Men and angels sing.
Page 50 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectared sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Page 159 - The friends who in our sunshine live, When winter comes, are flown ; And he who has but tears to give, Must weep those tears alone. But Thou wilt heal that broken heart, Which, like the plants that throw Their fragrance from the wounded part, Breathes sweetness out of woe.