At any cost, by Edward Garrett |
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... wonder sometimes why God makes such as Mrs. Sinclair to live in a world like this , where they seem doomed to the endurance of exquisite agonies which others never feel or even guess at , and so many of which , alas ! others could often ...
... wonder sometimes why God makes such as Mrs. Sinclair to live in a world like this , where they seem doomed to the endurance of exquisite agonies which others never feel or even guess at , and so many of which , alas ! others could often ...
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... , are you ? And is there not anybody from home to see you off ? ' ' No , sir , ' faltered Kirsty ; ' there's only grannie at home , and she's almost stone - blind . ' ' It's a wonder she did not want you to 32 AT ANY COST .
... , are you ? And is there not anybody from home to see you off ? ' ' No , sir , ' faltered Kirsty ; ' there's only grannie at home , and she's almost stone - blind . ' ' It's a wonder she did not want you to 32 AT ANY COST .
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Isabella Fyvie Mayo. ' It's a wonder she did not want you to stay with her ; how will she get on without you ? ' • She lives with a woman who looks after her , ' answered Kirsty . ' And how does she live ? I mean what supports her ? The ...
Isabella Fyvie Mayo. ' It's a wonder she did not want you to stay with her ; how will she get on without you ? ' • She lives with a woman who looks after her , ' answered Kirsty . ' And how does she live ? I mean what supports her ? The ...
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... wonder are you doing with that ? It's empty , isn't it ? ' asked Mr. Brander . ' It's a Christmas present from our farm lad to his sister , who is married , in Lerwick . It is to hold her peats . It is what we call a cashie ...
... wonder are you doing with that ? It's empty , isn't it ? ' asked Mr. Brander . ' It's a Christmas present from our farm lad to his sister , who is married , in Lerwick . It is to hold her peats . It is what we call a cashie ...
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... wonder , now , ' he went on , with a keen glance at his companion , if you come back the richer man of the two . ' Robert smiled demurely at the dubious half compliment . Tom was always cleverer than I was , ' he said . ' I've always ...
... wonder , now , ' he went on , with a keen glance at his companion , if you come back the richer man of the two . ' Robert smiled demurely at the dubious half compliment . Tom was always cleverer than I was , ' he said . ' I've always ...
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Aldersyde answered asked beautiful believe Ben Hanson better Bible Black Brander Captain Carson cashie character Christmas Clegga Farm Dan Corbett dark daughter dear duty Ellon Etta eyes face father fear feeling felt friends gave girl give glad Grace Allan hand Hannah heard heart hope human interest island Jane kindly Kirkwall Kirsty Mail Kirsty's knew lady laughed Lerwick lived London looked master mind Miss mother never night Olive Ollison once one's Ormolu Square peat Penman's Row perhaps Peter Sandison poor Preston Tower pretty quiet Quodda Robert Sinclair scarcely Scottish seemed shawl Shetland silent smile sort Stockley story strange sundry sure tell there's things thought told Tom Ollison TOM SCOTT Tom waited Tom's true turned walk wife window woman wonder words young Yunson
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Page 78 - Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ...
Page 302 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts: There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age. And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
Page 78 - With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall be receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
Page 310 - The central figure in the narrative is Miss Janet Nesbit, of Aldersyde, a young gentlewoman who is early called to a life of self-sacrifice. This she humbly accepts, working out the problem with so much sincerity and faithfulness that the grey morning is followed by a bright day.
Page 175 - Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating a Christmas pie; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said, "What a good boy am I!
Page 312 - The pages are full of pen portraits, which must have been drawn from nature. Mission-work, as presented to us in this little volume, means very much more than a good story. The Christian heart, yearning over the...
Page 312 - A capitally written sketch of Scottish city life among the humbler classes.' — Christian. ' The story is an incident of city mission-work, and it is capitally told. It is a book which should find a place in every Sunday school or temperance library.
Page 310 - Hurrah ! our good Scotch stories, with their dear rough old vernacular, are not going to die out just yet, or, if at all, they are going to die hard.
Page 310 - A book we must read through at a sitting. It lays hold of our interest in the first page, and sustains it to the end.' — Daily Review. ' Deserves to occupy a prominent and permanent place among Scottish works of imagination. . . . Not a dull page in the book ; while...