Nonna: A Story of the Days of Julian the ApostateW.P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell, 1889 - 246 pages |
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Adrian Alcestis ancient Anthusa Antioch apostate Arius army Athens Author beautiful Birth-Day Book Bishop Cæsar Caius CHARLES BRUCE child Christ Christian church cloth extra commanded Constantinople Constantius crown 8vo darkness dear Demetrius Diocletian Diogenes Divine ELLEN PALMER Emperor empire Eroc eyes face faith father feel Felix felt friends Galerius galley Gallus Girls grandfather Gregory grief happy heard heart heathen hope Jovian Julian Julian the Apostate knew Labarum LAING PURVES Lannus Varro length letter Libanius Lives looked Lord Lydia Marcus MARIA EDGEWORTH mind mother Nicæa Nicene creed Nicomedia NIMMO'S Nonna once palace party passed Paula peace Persian Petulantes poor present Rachel received rejoicing reply road Roman Rome sacred sacrifice Sapor seemed side simple soldiers soon sorrow soul spirit stood Stories strange suffering Tale temple Theon thou thought tion tree voice weary Whitminster words young
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Page 169 - Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. 2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? 3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
Page 96 - I view, * * And days are dark, and friends are few, On Him I lean, who, not in vain, Experienced every human pain : He sees my wants, allays my fears, And counts and treasures up my tears.
Page 215 - The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon Death's purple altar, now, See where the victor victim bleeds : All heads must come To the cold tomb : Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust.
Page 122 - Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
Page 163 - ... oh, when stoops on Judah's path In shade and storm the frequent night, Be THOU, long-suffering, slow to wrath, A burning and a shining light ! Our harps we left by Babel's streams, The tyrant's jest, the Gentile's scorn ; No censer round our altar beams, And mute are timbrel, trump, and horn. But THOU hast said, The blood of goat, The flesh of rams, I will not prize ; A contrite heart, a humble thought, Are mine accepted sacrifice.
Page 62 - There is yet another, in which these Horadan maxims are still more pointedly enforced, and from this we shall select a few stanzas : — Be merry, man, and tnk not sair in mind The wavering of this wretched world of sorrow ; To God be humble, to thy friend be kind, And with thy neighbours gladly lend and borrow ; His chance to-night, it may be thine to-morrow...