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... miles distant , by a pensioner who returned in the evening . By sending a man expressly to P- , a letter could be obtained some hours before the usual time . This plan was attended with expense , but the avoidance of expense was never a ...
... miles distant , by a pensioner who returned in the evening . By sending a man expressly to P- , a letter could be obtained some hours before the usual time . This plan was attended with expense , but the avoidance of expense was never a ...
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... hind - boot , and Henry , seated beside Nichols , the well - known driver of the " Perseverance , " was soon some miles distant from Woodville . up His first destination was Normanton , where he was received 16 THE HOME FRIEND .
... hind - boot , and Henry , seated beside Nichols , the well - known driver of the " Perseverance , " was soon some miles distant from Woodville . up His first destination was Normanton , where he was received 16 THE HOME FRIEND .
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... miles ' distance . I looked on this spot with very peculiar feelings ; the sight of land after a voyage is always grateful , but these southern islands , with their rich and splendid productions , had always been clothed in my ...
... miles ' distance . I looked on this spot with very peculiar feelings ; the sight of land after a voyage is always grateful , but these southern islands , with their rich and splendid productions , had always been clothed in my ...
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... mile distant , just near enough to awaken without gratifying curiosity . But the next morning the sun shone gloriously , and the wind continuing in statu quo , even our un- imaginative , matter - of - fact captain , proposed to row ...
... mile distant , just near enough to awaken without gratifying curiosity . But the next morning the sun shone gloriously , and the wind continuing in statu quo , even our un- imaginative , matter - of - fact captain , proposed to row ...
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... miles long . Mobile does not come into view until we are close upon it , being hidden behind a wooden cape or projection , on which is a third lighthouse . But my thoughts of this city and subsequent adven- tures , I shall defer to my ...
... miles long . Mobile does not come into view until we are close upon it , being hidden behind a wooden cape or projection , on which is a third lighthouse . But my thoughts of this city and subsequent adven- tures , I shall defer to my ...
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Page 450 - Father, thy hand Hath reared these venerable columns, thou Didst weave this verdant roof. Thou didst look down Upon the naked earth, and, forthwith, rose All these fair ranks of trees.
Page 322 - For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Page 451 - Report not. No fantastic carvings show The boast of our vain race to change the form Of thy fair works. But thou art here thou fill'st The solitude. Thou art in the soft winds That run along the summit of these trees In music ; thou art in the cooler breath That from the inmost darkness of the place Comes, scarcely felt ; the barky trunks, the ground, The fresh moist ground, are all instinct with thee.
Page 152 - 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 404 - Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hasteth, The sun sets, the shadow flies, The gourd consumes, and man he dies!
Page 202 - ... bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung. Then pledged we the wine-cup, and fondly I swore, From my home and my weeping friends never to part ; My little ones kissed me a thousand times o'er, And my wife sobbed aloud in her fulness of heart. Stay, stay with us, rest, thou art weary and worn...
Page 202 - I flew to the pleasant fields traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom was young ; I heard my own mountain-goats bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung.
Page 203 - And thou, too, whosoe'er thou art, That readest this brief psalm, As one by one thy hopes depart, Be resolute and calm. O fear not in a world like this, And thou shalt know ere long, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong.
Page 408 - I take my subjects' money, when I want it, without all this formality of parliament?" The bishop of Durham readily answered, "God forbid, Sir, but you should: you are the breath of our nostrils." Whereupon the King turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, "Well, my Lord, what say you?" "Sir," replied the bishop, "I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.
Page 135 - Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears ; To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.