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... wife nervous , he walked his boots thin - all his opinions were literally walked out . He stopped a moment to give an advisory shake of the head to the boy who sat before a desk strewn with paper , most demurely copying writs - he was ...
... wife nervous , he walked his boots thin - all his opinions were literally walked out . He stopped a moment to give an advisory shake of the head to the boy who sat before a desk strewn with paper , most demurely copying writs - he was ...
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... wife , called on her once , but she never returned the call ! It may be the same family , they have a large circulation of relatives in the States . " 46 The old lady had three rules for action : Never to go out in the rain . To be ...
... wife , called on her once , but she never returned the call ! It may be the same family , they have a large circulation of relatives in the States . " 46 The old lady had three rules for action : Never to go out in the rain . To be ...
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... wife's arguments were annihilated by this chef d'œvre of logic - this last sounding , flourishing , com- plimentary climax . He sat in his chair and thus silently soliloquized : " I am glad I dissolved the partnership with that squeam ...
... wife's arguments were annihilated by this chef d'œvre of logic - this last sounding , flourishing , com- plimentary climax . He sat in his chair and thus silently soliloquized : " I am glad I dissolved the partnership with that squeam ...
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... faults . His honor , reputation , and even his mistakes , should be safe in my hands . I see his faults as plainly as you do , but I believe it is a wife's sacred duty not to speak of her husband's faults , NEPENTHE . 39.
... faults . His honor , reputation , and even his mistakes , should be safe in my hands . I see his faults as plainly as you do , but I believe it is a wife's sacred duty not to speak of her husband's faults , NEPENTHE . 39.
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... wife's sage criticisims , " I hope you won't give any thing more in charity without going to see for yourself . It was a dastard- ly imposition , and although that man escaped the grave , he ought to be consigned to the Tombs in earnest ...
... wife's sage criticisims , " I hope you won't give any thing more in charity without going to see for yourself . It was a dastard- ly imposition , and although that man escaped the grave , he ought to be consigned to the Tombs in earnest ...
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Page 158 - And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor: And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — nevermore...
Page 261 - Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind, Sight, riches, healing of the mind, Yea, all I need, in Thee to find, O Lamb of God, I come ! 5 Just as I am, Thou wilt receive, Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve.
Page 275 - Then they rode back, but not, Not the six hundred. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon behind them Volleyed and thundered...
Page 252 - In she plunged boldly, No matter how coldly The rough river ran, Over the brink of it, — Picture it, think of it, Dissolute Man ! Lave in it, drink of it, Then, if you can ! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care ; Fashioned so slenderly, Young, and so fair!
Page 3 - We get no good By being ungenerous, even to a book, And calculating profits . . so much help By so much reading. It is rather when We gloriously forget ourselves, and plunge Soul-forward, headlong, into a book's profound, Impassioned for its beauty and salt of truth — 'Tis then we get the right good from a book.
Page 256 - The light of smiles shall fill again The lids that overflow with tears ; And weary hours of woe and pain '. Are promises of happier years.
Page 261 - Just as I am (Thy love unknown Has broken every barrier down), Now to be Thine, yea, Thine alone, O Lamb of God, I come...
Page 307 - New mercies, each returning day, Hover around us while we pray ; New perils past, new sins forgiven, New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven. If on our daily course our mind Be set to hallow all we find, New treasures still, of countless price, God will provide for sacrifice.
Page 260 - The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee : but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
Page 270 - Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die, Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.