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Page 40
I said to the officer, " Well, let us go; I am tired of this scene;" and as we passed
out of the haunts of iniquity into the fresh air, a soul passed in. What a face that
was! Sorrow only half covered up with an assumed joy. It was a woman's face.
I said to the officer, " Well, let us go; I am tired of this scene;" and as we passed
out of the haunts of iniquity into the fresh air, a soul passed in. What a face that
was! Sorrow only half covered up with an assumed joy. It was a woman's face.
Page 59
We passed out Into the hallway and so into the street, the burly guard slamming
the door of the house after us, and we got into the carriage and rolled on toward
the gates of hell. You know about the gates of heaven. You have often heard
them ...
We passed out Into the hallway and so into the street, the burly guard slamming
the door of the house after us, and we got into the carriage and rolled on toward
the gates of hell. You know about the gates of heaven. You have often heard
them ...
Page 69
She passed on down the street, falling from exhaustion; recovering herself again,
unti1 after a while she reached the outskirts of the city and passed on into the
country road. It seemed so familiar, she kept on the road, and she saw in the ...
She passed on down the street, falling from exhaustion; recovering herself again,
unti1 after a while she reached the outskirts of the city and passed on into the
country road. It seemed so familiar, she kept on the road, and she saw in the ...
Page 87
But we cannot stop. We passed on down, the air loaded with blasphemies and
obscenities, until I heard something that astounded me more than all. I said, "
What is that?" It was a loud, enthusiastic Christian song, rolling out on the stormy
air, ...
But we cannot stop. We passed on down, the air loaded with blasphemies and
obscenities, until I heard something that astounded me more than all. I said, "
What is that?" It was a loud, enthusiastic Christian song, rolling out on the stormy
air, ...
Page 150
Soon all the days and years of your life will have passed away, and then, the
great eternity. "Rejoice, O, young man, in thy youth; let thy heart cheer thee in the
days of thy youth, and walk thou in the sight of thine own eyes, and in the way of ...
Soon all the days and years of your life will have passed away, and then, the
great eternity. "Rejoice, O, young man, in thy youth; let thy heart cheer thee in the
days of thy youth, and walk thou in the sight of thine own eyes, and in the way of ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | night scenes of city life |
| Author | t. dewitt talmage d.d |
| Published | 1801 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Nov 2005 |
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