Who are the happy ones? or, Home sketches. By the author of 'Quiet thughts for quiet hours'.1875 |
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... opened , and a servant brought a summons to Helen to join her aunt in the breakfast- room . Helen Burnet was an orphan , and depend- ent upon the selfish caprice of an aunt , who had , upon her mother's death , grudgingly offered her a ...
... opened , and a servant brought a summons to Helen to join her aunt in the breakfast- room . Helen Burnet was an orphan , and depend- ent upon the selfish caprice of an aunt , who had , upon her mother's death , grudgingly offered her a ...
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... Rectory on my way home , if you will allow me , for you have opened up a train of thought which I would not willingly lose , and I must follow it out with you . At present my duties call me elsewhere , 34 HOME SKETCHES ; OR ,
... Rectory on my way home , if you will allow me , for you have opened up a train of thought which I would not willingly lose , and I must follow it out with you . At present my duties call me elsewhere , 34 HOME SKETCHES ; OR ,
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... opened the door and went in . The poor invalid was sitting in an arm - chair , and her face brightened when she saw her visitor . Helen looked round the room . There was no fire in the grate , a brick floor , and not so much as a mat to ...
... opened the door and went in . The poor invalid was sitting in an arm - chair , and her face brightened when she saw her visitor . Helen looked round the room . There was no fire in the grate , a brick floor , and not so much as a mat to ...
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... opened , and Julia Wilson came in , and soon after , thinking that her friend looked tired , Effie rose and departed . She walked leisurely home , in rather a musing mood , her intelligent four- footed companion catching the infection ...
... opened , and Julia Wilson came in , and soon after , thinking that her friend looked tired , Effie rose and departed . She walked leisurely home , in rather a musing mood , her intelligent four- footed companion catching the infection ...
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... opened upon the lawn , and a troop of village children , each one with a basket on her arm , came laughing through the shrubbery , to receive the meed of praise and admiration which they knew their golden trea- sures would call forth ...
... opened upon the lawn , and a troop of village children , each one with a basket on her arm , came laughing through the shrubbery , to receive the meed of praise and admiration which they knew their golden trea- sures would call forth ...
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Página 81 - O Lady! we receive but what we give And in our life alone does Nature live: Ours is her wedding garment, ours her shroud! And would we aught behold of higher worth, Than that inanimate cold world allowed To the poor loveless ever-anxious crowd, Ah! from the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element!
Página 132 - That time is past, And all its aching joys are now no more, And all its dizzy raptures. Not for this Faint I, nor mourn nor murmur; other gifts Have followed; for such loss, I would believe, Abundant recompense.
Página 77 - I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins : return unto me ; for I have redeemed thee.
Página 237 - O what a glory doth this world put on For him who, with a fervent heart, goes forth Under the bright and glorious sky, and looks On duties well performed, and days well spent ! For him the wind, ay, and the yellow leaves Shall have a voice, and give him eloquent teachings. He shall so hear the solemn hymn, that Death Has lifted up for all, that he shall go To his long resting-place without a tear.