The Double Duel, Or, Hoboken, Volume 1Richard Bentley, 1843 |
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Page 159 - Therefore take no thought, saying: What shall we eat? Or, what shall we drink? Or, wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek.) For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Page 105 - Twere now to be most happy, for I fear My soul hath her content so absolute That not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate.
Page 125 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
Page 282 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 287 - ... apparently inexplicable were made clear as the simplest fact by a new idea or a little closer study. Under such wise direction, this young mind was led along a path of reading, reflection, and observation, very different from the wild and idle wanderings of its earlier days. He passed in regular review the direct and fundamental proofs, and that long series of things reaching from the beginning of the world to the present time, and making up, in the whole, one argument, which, viewed together,...
Page 159 - Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? For after all these things do the Gentiles seek : for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Page 284 - To take a last fond look Of the valley and the village church, And the cottage by the brook...
Page 297 - If not accidental," said Frank, haughtily, " it is yet stranger." " Frank," said Glendenning, " I throw myself on your generosity. By what humiliation, by what bitter taunts I have been driven to this crisis I need not explain. I have risked my character, and the mortal enmity of White, by seeking you here, and therefore our meeting must be a se^ret. Give me your hand, and hear what I have to say.
Page 305 - ... completely at his ease as his two companions, and who had the air of being a guest rather from professional duty than taste. " Will you sing, Randolph ?" " No, excuse me, my voice is rather in the bull-frog line. Anything wanted in the way of a trombone I 'm your man!" " Well, I can sing," said Frank. " ' A bumper of Burgundy fill, fill for me, Give those who prefer it Champagne ;' " and he sang very sweetly and gaily a verse of that popular melody.
Page 195 - A primrose by a river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more...