Everley [by miss Cornish].1855 |
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... perhaps so , " said Evelyn , dreamily . " Oh ! Evelyn , if you knew how I have longed for a mother ; a tender , watchful , sympathising mother ! How light would all trials and sorrows have seemed , if I had had one to go to ; to share ...
... perhaps so , " said Evelyn , dreamily . " Oh ! Evelyn , if you knew how I have longed for a mother ; a tender , watchful , sympathising mother ! How light would all trials and sorrows have seemed , if I had had one to go to ; to share ...
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... perhaps ; but , Georgy , they will never join in mine as you have done . " " How can you tell , dear Evelyn ? " " I cannot be sure , of course , but I cannot help fearing . You know , Georgy , one of my favourite plans is to lead a ...
... perhaps ; but , Georgy , they will never join in mine as you have done . " " How can you tell , dear Evelyn ? " " I cannot be sure , of course , but I cannot help fearing . You know , Georgy , one of my favourite plans is to lead a ...
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... perhaps even better than themselves , but who have no grand relations , and live in a house next the street , would pass them on the opposite side of the road , and either take no notice of them at all , or merely recognize them by the ...
... perhaps even better than themselves , but who have no grand relations , and live in a house next the street , would pass them on the opposite side of the road , and either take no notice of them at all , or merely recognize them by the ...
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... perhaps , " said Evelyn slowly , " I only thought as you had once been intimate " If you have finished , Evelyn love , " observed Mrs. Falconer , " I daresay you will ring the bell , and we will go into the library , and you shall play ...
... perhaps , " said Evelyn slowly , " I only thought as you had once been intimate " If you have finished , Evelyn love , " observed Mrs. Falconer , " I daresay you will ring the bell , and we will go into the library , and you shall play ...
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... perhaps to them , for does not our Church direct us to pray that in the time of wealth as well as in the time of tribulation , we may be delivered ? Yes , a struggle , a lifelong struggle against the snares of our spiritual enemy ; and ...
... perhaps to them , for does not our Church direct us to pray that in the time of wealth as well as in the time of tribulation , we may be delivered ? Yes , a struggle , a lifelong struggle against the snares of our spiritual enemy ; and ...
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Page 216 - Let us do our work as well, Both the unseen and the seen ; Make the house, where Gods may dwell, Beautiful, entire, and clean. Else our lives are incomplete, Standing in these walls of Time, Broken stairways, where the feet Stumble as they seek to climb. Build to-day, then, strong and sure, With a firm and ample base ; And ascending and secure Shall to-morrow find its place.
Page 474 - No one is so accursed by fate, No one so utterly desolate, But some heart, though unknown / Responds unto his own.
Page 268 - He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies; And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes.
Page 336 - A servant with this clause makes drudgery divine; who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, makes that and the action fine.
Page 492 - Sweet is the smile of home ; the mutual look When hearts are of each other sure ; Sweet all the joys that crowd the household nook, The haunt of all affections pure...
Page 378 - If you have no power of giving: An arm of aid to the weak, A friendly hand to the friendless, Kind words, so short to speak, But whose echo is endless: The world is wide, — these things are small, They may be nothing, but they are All.
Page 455 - Abide with me from morn till eve, For without Thee I cannot live ; Abide with me when night is nigh, For without Thee I dare not die.
Page 11 - Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead thou me on ! The night is dark and I am far from home; Lead thou me on ! Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene; one step enough for me.