The Mayflower, Or, Sketches of Scenes and Characters Among the Descendants of the PilgrimsHarper & Brothers, 1843 - 324 páginas |
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... tion to guilty indulgences , destructive alike to health , character , and virtue : all these evils come unawares upon the young and unwary , while no guardian is near to save from the evil , or spread the alarm to the yet unharmed ...
... tion to guilty indulgences , destructive alike to health , character , and virtue : all these evils come unawares upon the young and unwary , while no guardian is near to save from the evil , or spread the alarm to the yet unharmed ...
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... tion , quietly contemplating the top of the long kitch- en shovel . Uncle Jaw fidgeted in his chair , and changed his mode of attack for one more direct . ' I heard ' em tell , Deacon Enos , that the Squire served you something of an ...
... tion , quietly contemplating the top of the long kitch- en shovel . Uncle Jaw fidgeted in his chair , and changed his mode of attack for one more direct . ' I heard ' em tell , Deacon Enos , that the Squire served you something of an ...
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... tion , Uncle Jaw found the suggestion too flatter- ing to his pride to be dropped ; so , with a counte . nance grimly expressive of his satisfaction , he re . plied , " Why yes - yes - I don't see no reason why a poor man's son ha'n't ...
... tion , Uncle Jaw found the suggestion too flatter- ing to his pride to be dropped ; so , with a counte . nance grimly expressive of his satisfaction , he re . plied , " Why yes - yes - I don't see no reason why a poor man's son ha'n't ...
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... tion of going to the quilting . Accordingly , the next day , while Susan was standing before her mirror , braiding up her pretty hair , she was start- led by the apparition of Miss Silence coming into the room as stiff as a changeable ...
... tion of going to the quilting . Accordingly , the next day , while Susan was standing before her mirror , braiding up her pretty hair , she was start- led by the apparition of Miss Silence coming into the room as stiff as a changeable ...
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... tion ( which was none of his concern , to be sure ) , whether the little lady were or were not engaged ; and from these speculations he was aroused by a light footstep , and anon the neat form of Susan made its appearance . " Good ...
... tion ( which was none of his concern , to be sure ) , whether the little lady were or were not engaged ; and from these speculations he was aroused by a light footstep , and anon the neat form of Susan made its appearance . " Good ...
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Página 204 - Let — not — your — heart — be — troubled. In — my — Father's — house — are — many — mansions.
Página 251 - Let us not therefore judge one another any more : but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
Página 251 - It is good neither to eat flesh nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth or is offended or is made weak.
Página 296 - They know not of the scanty meal With small pale faces round ; No fire upon the cold, damp hearth, When snow is on the ground. They never by their window sit, And see the gay pass by ; Yet take their weary work again, Though with a mournful eye.
Página 134 - She stopped, and seemed struggling with herself ; but at last, borne down by a tide of agony, she leaned her head on her hands ; the tears streamed through her fingers, and her whole frame shook with convulsive sobs.
Página 128 - So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear, Farewell remorse : all good to me is lost ; Evil, be thou my good : by thee at least Divided empire with heaven's King I hold, By thee, and more than half perhaps will reign ; As man ere long and this new world shall know.
Página 324 - Father," said the youthful minister, " I suppose you are ready to say with old Simeon, ' Now, Lord, lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, for my eyes have seen thy salvation.
Página 107 - I am so sick!" he gasped, feebly. His father raised him in his arms; he breathed easier, and looked up with a grateful smile. Just then his old playmate, the cat, crossed the room. "There goes pussy,
Página 103 - There, too, was aunt Betsey, who never looked any older, because she always looked as old as she could ; who always dried her catnip and wormwood the last of September, and began to clean house the first of May. In short, this was the land of continuance. Old Tune never took it into his head to practise either addition, or subtraction, or multiplication, on its sum total.
Página 296 - Few, save the poor, feel for the poor ; The rich know not how hard It is to be of needful food And needful rest debarred. Their paths are paths of plenteousness ; They sleep on silk and down ; They never think how wearily The weary head lies down. They never by the window sit, And see the gay pass by, Yet take their weary work again, And with a mournful eye.