A Sister to EsauDodd, Mead, 1891 - 341 pages |
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... suppose that any minister understands a relation so personal is indeed popery of the rankest kind . ” " Children , we will leave theology alone . What can we say for our dead kindred ? They are gone to the mercy of The Merciful . They ...
... suppose that any minister understands a relation so personal is indeed popery of the rankest kind . ” " Children , we will leave theology alone . What can we say for our dead kindred ? They are gone to the mercy of The Merciful . They ...
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... suppose he is coming here soon . " " Father told me so . He is our nearest kin . " " And wants to be nearer . He is only thirty years old , and mother has read about him at the games . They say he is the prettiest man in Perthshire ...
... suppose he is coming here soon . " " Father told me so . He is our nearest kin . " " And wants to be nearer . He is only thirty years old , and mother has read about him at the games . They say he is the prettiest man in Perthshire ...
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... had been met by the most positive assertion that he had no moral right to do so . " One of the girls must marry Blair , and keep the estate intact , " he said . " But suppose neither of the girls will marry Blair WORDS HALF SPOKEN . 19.
... had been met by the most positive assertion that he had no moral right to do so . " One of the girls must marry Blair , and keep the estate intact , " he said . " But suppose neither of the girls will marry Blair WORDS HALF SPOKEN . 19.
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Amelia E. Barr. " But suppose neither of the girls will marry Blair , or suppose that Blair has no disposition to marry either of the girls ? Both conditions are supposable , Kinross . " " Of course they are , Dorinda . " " Well , then ...
Amelia E. Barr. " But suppose neither of the girls will marry Blair , or suppose that Blair has no disposition to marry either of the girls ? Both conditions are supposable , Kinross . " " Of course they are , Dorinda . " " Well , then ...
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... suppose that father wished to make a marriage between you and the minister . " " One might suppose any number of absurd things . Supposition is not circumstance . " " What are you picking up ? Daisies ? Did Angus Bruce give them to you ...
... suppose that father wished to make a marriage between you and the minister . " " One might suppose any number of absurd things . Supposition is not circumstance . " " What are you picking up ? Daisies ? Did Angus Bruce give them to you ...
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Page 141 - LORD of all power and might, who art the author and giver of all good things; graft in our hearts the love of thy name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of thy great mercy keep us in the same, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 323 - Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale, Yet will I fear none ill ; For thou art with me ; and thy rod And staff me comfort still.
Page 96 - Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
Page 30 - ... with eyes upcast; And Fame, whose loud wings fan the ashen Past To signal-fires, Oblivion's flight to scare ; And Youth, with still some single golden hair Unto his shoulder clinging, since the last Embrace wherein two sweet arms held him fast; And Life, still wreathing flowers for Death to wear. Love's throne was not with these ; but far above All passionate wind of welcome and farewell He sat in breathless bowers they dream not of ; Though Truth foreknow Love's heart, and Hope foretell, And...
Page 157 - No lingering hour of sorrow shall be thine ; No sigh that rends thy father's heart and mine ; Bright as his manly sire, the son shall be In form and soul ; but, ah ! more blest than he ! Thy fame, thy worth, thy filial love, at last, Shall soothe this aching heart for all the past — With many a smile my solitude repay, And chase the world's ungenerous scorn away.
Page 323 - My table Thou hast furnished In presence of my foes ; My head Thou dost with oil anoint, And my cup overflows. 5 Goodness and mercy all my life Shall surely follow me : And in God's house for evermore My dwelling-place shall be.
Page 340 - And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
Page 30 - ENTHRONED. I MARKED all kindred Powers the heart finds fair : — Truth, with awed lips ; and Hope, with eyes upcast ; And Fame, whose loud wings fan the ashen Past To signal-fires, Oblivion's flight to scare ; And Youth, with still some single golden hair Unto his shoulder clinging, since the last Embrace wherein two sweet arms held him fast ; And Life, still wreathing flowers for Death to wear. Love's throne was not with these ; but far above All passionate wind...
Page 193 - I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth ; and the earth shall answer the corn, and the wine, and the oil ; and they shall answer Jezreel.