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... morning about it , but as Mr. Belton was just buried , and you were expected up , they concluded , out of respect to your feelings as his oldest friend , to give it up , and so they went to dine at the Big Spring . " " They did , " said ...
... morning about it , but as Mr. Belton was just buried , and you were expected up , they concluded , out of respect to your feelings as his oldest friend , to give it up , and so they went to dine at the Big Spring . " " They did , " said ...
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... morning like this , were forming their plans of pleasure and amusement for the evening . Thus in all our concerns , under all circum- stances , we are unwilling , nay , to a great degree , we are unable to believe a gust can be at hand ...
... morning like this , were forming their plans of pleasure and amusement for the evening . Thus in all our concerns , under all circum- stances , we are unwilling , nay , to a great degree , we are unable to believe a gust can be at hand ...
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... morning they came . Dinner was soon after announced , and seating the Colonel and his guests , the schoolmaster and the preacher , at a well - furnished board in one room ; sup- posing the other visiters equally well provided for in ...
... morning they came . Dinner was soon after announced , and seating the Colonel and his guests , the schoolmaster and the preacher , at a well - furnished board in one room ; sup- posing the other visiters equally well provided for in ...
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... morning from a cele- brated boarding - house , the envy and admiration of Broadway . As his claim to rank , both from family and fortune was indisputable , and moreover as he had travelled , Mr. Belcour soon became distinguished in the ...
... morning from a cele- brated boarding - house , the envy and admiration of Broadway . As his claim to rank , both from family and fortune was indisputable , and moreover as he had travelled , Mr. Belcour soon became distinguished in the ...
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... morning had been changed by the gust , for cold , raw blasts of wind , which now howled mournfully through the old oaks , by which the house was surrounded , and entering through many a crevice , waved the thin gray locks of the old ...
... morning had been changed by the gust , for cold , raw blasts of wind , which now howled mournfully through the old oaks , by which the house was surrounded , and entering through many a crevice , waved the thin gray locks of the old ...
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Page 79 - Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 226 - Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins : And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Page 227 - Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness...
Page 78 - God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands...
Page 126 - ... for wine ! A lightsome eye, a soldier's mien, A feather of the blue, A doublet of the Lincoln green. — No more of me you knew, My love ! No more of me you knew. ' This morn is merry June, I trow, The rose is budding fain ; But she shall bloom in winter snow Ere we two meet again.' He turned his charger as he spake Upon the river shore, He gave his bridle-reins a shake, Said, ' Adieu for evermore, My love ! And adieu for evermore.
Page 81 - Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand ; a day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
Page 78 - Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : and maketh the clouds his chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind.
Page 201 - He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Page 226 - I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
Page 43 - But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you, and killed the Prince of Life whom God hath raised from the dead, whereof we are witnesses.