The Rose of Sharon: A Religious SouvenirSarah Carter Edgarton Mayo A. Tompkins and B.B. Mussey, 1853 |
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... become an old woman ? Is it well to desire and pray for length of days ? I would say , so long as our mental faculties remain essentially undecayed , it is well , it is desirable to live . The love of life is not a blind , irrational ...
... become an old woman ? Is it well to desire and pray for length of days ? I would say , so long as our mental faculties remain essentially undecayed , it is well , it is desirable to live . The love of life is not a blind , irrational ...
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... moment I am called on to cut a figure , in any way , I become awkward and constrained : I am an artist - in - infancy , so soon and so long as I cease to forget myself : I can't even think natu- 34 THE ROSE OF SHARON .
... moment I am called on to cut a figure , in any way , I become awkward and constrained : I am an artist - in - infancy , so soon and so long as I cease to forget myself : I can't even think natu- 34 THE ROSE OF SHARON .
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... become in their maturer time . Ascetics and Stoics , who deny that happiness , or pleasure of any kind , is a legitimate motive for action , and urge men to follow virtue , not because it leads to pleasure , but because it is virtue ...
... become in their maturer time . Ascetics and Stoics , who deny that happiness , or pleasure of any kind , is a legitimate motive for action , and urge men to follow virtue , not because it leads to pleasure , but because it is virtue ...
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... become really excited , and the world seemed almost forgotten . I almost thought Ashley was himself again , so much had he regained his usual energy and vivacity . An hour or more had awakened his faculties and removed an incubus from ...
... become really excited , and the world seemed almost forgotten . I almost thought Ashley was himself again , so much had he regained his usual energy and vivacity . An hour or more had awakened his faculties and removed an incubus from ...
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... become a man . Every one can see that when life is to be perilled at the call of duty , there must be no flinching ; but many a one who is intrepid when his life is in danger , is in a panic if his bread hangs doubtful , or his butter ...
... become a man . Every one can see that when life is to be perilled at the call of duty , there must be no flinching ; but many a one who is intrepid when his life is in danger , is in a panic if his bread hangs doubtful , or his butter ...
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Página 213 - own exceeding great reward"; it has soothed my afflictions; it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments; it has endeared solitude; and it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and the beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me.