Who are the happy ones? or, Home sketches. By the author of 'Quiet thughts for quiet hours'.1875 |
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... perhaps herself unconscious . To shine in this arena , personal charms , grace of manner , accomplishments , external advantages of all kinds , she knew were indispensable . Her son was holding a high official appointment in India , and ...
... perhaps herself unconscious . To shine in this arena , personal charms , grace of manner , accomplishments , external advantages of all kinds , she knew were indispensable . Her son was holding a high official appointment in India , and ...
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... perhaps you do not know how in- timately connected our muscular and nervous systems are . The nerves cannot be kept in healthy action , unless the muscles are suffi- ciently developed , and kept in continual exer- cise ; and it is to ...
... perhaps you do not know how in- timately connected our muscular and nervous systems are . The nerves cannot be kept in healthy action , unless the muscles are suffi- ciently developed , and kept in continual exer- cise ; and it is to ...
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... perhaps , till we change these terrestrial for celestial bodies ; but imagine what it will be to see the glorious work completed , and to know that we have been privileged to contribute to its beauty ! Oh , my friend , these are spirit ...
... perhaps , till we change these terrestrial for celestial bodies ; but imagine what it will be to see the glorious work completed , and to know that we have been privileged to contribute to its beauty ! Oh , my friend , these are spirit ...
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... perhaps , intended to fit you for more activo usefulness hereafter You remember this line- " They also serve , who only stand and wait . ' ” A pleased and grateful look on the coun- tenance of the invalid encouraged the doctor to go on ...
... perhaps , intended to fit you for more activo usefulness hereafter You remember this line- " They also serve , who only stand and wait . ' ” A pleased and grateful look on the coun- tenance of the invalid encouraged the doctor to go on ...
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... perhaps a natural feeling of pride may prevent Mrs. Lester from obtruding the real state of the case upon them . Whatever may be her motive , Mr. Marsden knows it all , and he says that the more he knows , the more deeply does he feel ...
... perhaps a natural feeling of pride may prevent Mrs. Lester from obtruding the real state of the case upon them . Whatever may be her motive , Mr. Marsden knows it all , and he says that the more he knows , the more deeply does he feel ...
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Página 132 - For I have learned To look on Nature not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity, Nor harsh, nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue. And I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated thoughts...
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.