The Family friend [ed. by R.K. Philp].Robert Kemp Philp 1865 |
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... leaves overhead . But that beautiful face had gone to the girl's heart . She couldn't turn away and leave it . After a panse she spoke- " I don't know what you mean , but I will do what you want . " " Will you ? " it cried eagerly ...
... leaves overhead . But that beautiful face had gone to the girl's heart . She couldn't turn away and leave it . After a panse she spoke- " I don't know what you mean , but I will do what you want . " " Will you ? " it cried eagerly ...
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... leaves , Shining on the gleaming meadows , Gilding o'er the cottage eares . ' Tis a cottage by a fountain ( Whose spray - drops glancing bright , Shadow the sky's reflection In rainbow hues of light ) . The cottage nestles softly ...
... leaves , Shining on the gleaming meadows , Gilding o'er the cottage eares . ' Tis a cottage by a fountain ( Whose spray - drops glancing bright , Shadow the sky's reflection In rainbow hues of light ) . The cottage nestles softly ...
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... leaves in she sat in her little parlour , after par- the fable ; for , choking all the avenues to taking of her solitary meal , she bent her your holier aspirations and affections , they head upon her clasped hands , the first will form ...
... leaves in she sat in her little parlour , after par- the fable ; for , choking all the avenues to taking of her solitary meal , she bent her your holier aspirations and affections , they head upon her clasped hands , the first will form ...
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... leaves , Unfold their creamy petals Before the balmy breeze . And the pale and fading hawthorn Breathes yet upon the gale A faint and dying fragrance Along the lonely vale . Now eve's effulgent glories Fade slowly from the sky . The leaves ...
... leaves , Unfold their creamy petals Before the balmy breeze . And the pale and fading hawthorn Breathes yet upon the gale A faint and dying fragrance Along the lonely vale . Now eve's effulgent glories Fade slowly from the sky . The leaves ...
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... leaves which will cover fifty people . The tulipot , which flourishes in the island of Ceylon , and for its gigantic height resembles the mast of a ship , is equally famous for its leaves ; so immense are their size , that it is said ...
... leaves which will cover fifty people . The tulipot , which flourishes in the island of Ceylon , and for its gigantic height resembles the mast of a ship , is equally famous for its leaves ; so immense are their size , that it is said ...
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Page 410 - Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way ? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
Page 36 - Her husband is known in the gates when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Page 376 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the ininquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Page 410 - We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts : knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
Page 416 - My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee ; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee ; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
Page 151 - If thou art worn and hard beset With sorrows, that thou wouldst forget, If thou wouldst read a lesson, that will keep Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep, Go to the woods and hills! — No tears Dim the sweet look that Nature wears.
Page 557 - Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword? As it is written, For Thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Page 497 - Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they.
Page 357 - A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel 13 light. XV.— I WANDERED LONELY. 1804. I WANDERED lonely as a cloud...
Page 229 - Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.