The old farm house, or Alice Morton's home, and other storiesW.P. Nimmo, 1872 - 127 pages |
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... beautiful words that were strung together like a chain of priceless pearls- ' Behold the fowls of the air , for they sow not , neither do they reap , nor gather into barns , yet your Heavenly Father feedeth them . Are ye not much better ...
... beautiful words that were strung together like a chain of priceless pearls- ' Behold the fowls of the air , for they sow not , neither do they reap , nor gather into barns , yet your Heavenly Father feedeth them . Are ye not much better ...
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... beautiful words to- gether , to the very end . It was a solemn scene . Harry and Alice joined their voices also , and the dying woman evidently understood the words , for she listened eagerly to the close , and then her lips repeated ...
... beautiful words to- gether , to the very end . It was a solemn scene . Harry and Alice joined their voices also , and the dying woman evidently understood the words , for she listened eagerly to the close , and then her lips repeated ...
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... beautiful planet Venus comes next ; that ' shepherd's star , ' with its soft brilliant light , so intense at times , that it casts shadows as the moon does . We all love ' Venus , ' and call it sometimes ' the morning ' and sometimes ...
... beautiful planet Venus comes next ; that ' shepherd's star , ' with its soft brilliant light , so intense at times , that it casts shadows as the moon does . We all love ' Venus , ' and call it sometimes ' the morning ' and sometimes ...
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... beautiful houses , fine pictures , splendid orna- ments , rare books , all that was costly in art and science ; and in moderation there was no harm in enjoying these things . But moderation was very rare , and people who were not ...
... beautiful houses , fine pictures , splendid orna- ments , rare books , all that was costly in art and science ; and in moderation there was no harm in enjoying these things . But moderation was very rare , and people who were not ...
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... beautiful palace . There was great excitement at the news , for it was well known the great king required not only beauty of design in the work , but he insisted that those em- ployed in doing it should be influenced by right thoughts ...
... beautiful palace . There was great excitement at the news , for it was well known the great king required not only beauty of design in the work , but he insisted that those em- ployed in doing it should be influenced by right thoughts ...
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ADELAIDE AUSTEN aërial train Alice atmosphere Aunt Betsy beautiful Bolides Books published bound in cloth boys Bridda bright brother called CHARLES BRUCE cloth extra clouds cold colour comet coming crown 8vo dark earth eight moons eyes Farmer Morton father and Harry feyther fire flowers girl glimpse gold golden golden palace gone to bed Harry Morton Harry's horse heard heart heat heavens Illustrations Ivon IVON'S QUESTION Jesus Jupiter king's palace light looked Lutine Mars moon Moorfields mother never night NIMMO'S Ninette numbers orbs paint passed PETER GRANT planet Pleiades published by William rays red planet Mars RICHARD NEWTON round Saturn screen seemed Sidelle solar system stars Stories sun's surface Swan and Eagle tell things thought Thoughtland thousand Tiny and Bobby trade winds traveller Uranus visible voice watch weary wonderful wood words Young
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Page 127 - Tales of Old English Life ; or, Pictures of the Periods. By WILLIAM FRANCIS COLLIER, LL.D., Author of ' History of English Literature,
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Page 76 - And earnest thoughts within me rise, When I behold afar, Suspended in the evening skies, The shield of that red star. 0 star of strength ! I see thee stand And smile upon my pain ; Thou beckonest with thy mailed hand, And I am strong again. Within my breast there is no light, But the cold light of stars ; I give the first watch of the night To the red planet Mars.
Page 74 - THE night is come, but not too soon ; And sinking silently, All silently, the little moon Drops down behind the sky. There is no light in earth or heaven, But the cold light of stars ; And the first watch of night is given To the red planet Mars.
Page 84 - That fill the haunted chambers of the Night, Like some old poet's rhymes. From the cool cisterns of the midnight air, My spirit drank repose; The fountain of perpetual peace flows there, — From those deep cisterns flows.