Selections from the Correspondence of R.E.H. Greyson, Esq. [pseud.]Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1861 - 432 pages |
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... heaven and immortality ; and as he listened , his sorrow seemed to catch bright gleams from the reflection of her own calm enthusiasm ; like a dark cloud at the close of a wintry day , which the setting sun suddenly lights up with a ...
... heaven and immortality ; and as he listened , his sorrow seemed to catch bright gleams from the reflection of her own calm enthusiasm ; like a dark cloud at the close of a wintry day , which the setting sun suddenly lights up with a ...
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... heaven ! who will never even know that he has suffered except by being told so ! Shall we lament that he has not shared our fatal privilege of an experience of guilt and sorrow ? Is this so precious that we can wish him partaker of it ...
... heaven ! who will never even know that he has suffered except by being told so ! Shall we lament that he has not shared our fatal privilege of an experience of guilt and sorrow ? Is this so precious that we can wish him partaker of it ...
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... heaven with vows that if it would but grant- " Ah ! " you say , " you can imagine all that without any difficulty at all . ” Imagine this too . Overwearied with watching , she fell into a doze beside the couch of her infant , and she ...
... heaven with vows that if it would but grant- " Ah ! " you say , " you can imagine all that without any difficulty at all . ” Imagine this too . Overwearied with watching , she fell into a doze beside the couch of her infant , and she ...
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... heaven conveyed , And bade it blossom there . " Ever yours affectionately , R. E. H. G. My dear Mason , LETTER VII . To C. Mason , Esq . London , 1839 . I have been writing to our charming cousin Mrs. Ra letter of condolence I can ...
... heaven conveyed , And bade it blossom there . " Ever yours affectionately , R. E. H. G. My dear Mason , LETTER VII . To C. Mason , Esq . London , 1839 . I have been writing to our charming cousin Mrs. Ra letter of condolence I can ...
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... heaven ; not only snatched from much suffering and temptation , but made happy in Him who has " redeemed them " to Himself , who on earth so expressly challenged them for His own , and who , I doubt not , will welcome them to Paradise ...
... heaven ; not only snatched from much suffering and temptation , but made happy in Him who has " redeemed them " to Himself , who on earth so expressly challenged them for His own , and who , I doubt not , will welcome them to Paradise ...
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