Rhoda and Adela, the Colonel's Daughters. A Domestic Tale1877 |
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Page 292 - Forgive, blest shade, the tributary tear, That mourns thy exit from a world like this ; Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here, And stayed thy progress to the seats of bliss • No more confined to grov'ling scenes of night, No more a tenant pent in mortal clay, Now should we rather hail thy glorious flight, And trace thy journey to the realms of day.
Page 103 - Jesus, lover of my soul, Let me to thy bosom fly, While the nearer waters roll, While the tempest still is. high: Hide me, O my Saviour ! hide, Till the storm of life be past ; Safe into the haven guide, O receive my soul at last ! 2 Other refuge have I none, Hangs my helpless soul on thee.
Page 275 - O that I had wings like a dove, then would I flee away and be at rest — Ps.
Page 299 - Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Page 276 - I will arise and go to my father, and say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son : make me as one of thy hired servants.
Page 37 - O that I had wings like a dove : for then would I flee away, and be at rest.
Page 311 - A natural and instructive tale of home life for girls.'— John Bull. THE APOSTLES OF JESUS. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo. cloth, 3$. 6d. 'A simple book, yet beautiful ; the story of each of the Apostles is thrown into a narrative, and the idea thus conceived is well executed.
Page 231 - ... pig-headed. AMELIA Mary Belle! KNOX I shall take my leave of you. MARY You are sulking now. KNOX (to AMELIA) Madam, have I your permission to withdraw? AMELIA Nothing of the sort. You will stay here till Walter comes back. KNOX Ladies. I will not consent to be treated like a naughty schoolboy. Do you know who I am? Do you know that I am the apostolic successor of Cuvier, the great naturalist? Do you know that, although I am a comparatively young man, much of my work is already immortal? Do you...
Page 8 - ... the Duke of St. Simon, in his memoirs, he was so deficient in intellect, that he frequently met with unlucky accidents, in his military career. De la Chaise, the king's commissary in Louisiana, was not gifted with a superior intellect, but he was a solid square block of honesty, who neither deviated to the right nor to the left from the path of duty, and who, possessing a considerable share of energy, moved stoutly onward in the accomplishment of his mission, regardless of persons and of consequences.
Page 300 - I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith : henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day