Aspiration: An Autobiography of GirlhoodSheldon, Lamport and Blakeman, 1855 - 334 pages |
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... happy in my present home . I had always acknowledged in myself a higher principle than taste , and a craving of soul which the aesthetics of life would not satisfy . There was a beauty in the simplicity of our life here , which I could ...
... happy in my present home . I had always acknowledged in myself a higher principle than taste , and a craving of soul which the aesthetics of life would not satisfy . There was a beauty in the simplicity of our life here , which I could ...
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... happy life , and a useful one . Yes , yes ! it is a beautiful thing to do . " " I was sure you would be delighted , Edith . I have not such plain sailing for my share . I hardly know how to go to work . The Professor says he can make ...
... happy life , and a useful one . Yes , yes ! it is a beautiful thing to do . " " I was sure you would be delighted , Edith . I have not such plain sailing for my share . I hardly know how to go to work . The Professor says he can make ...
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... happy , just as she is made happy by them . " " It seems to me , Uncle Ernest - I do not want to defend myself , nor am I quite sure that I deserve 42 ASPIRATION :
... happy , just as she is made happy by them . " " It seems to me , Uncle Ernest - I do not want to defend myself , nor am I quite sure that I deserve 42 ASPIRATION :
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... happy , I involuntarily try to make my joy conta- gious - if I am miserable , I am very apt to proclaim that too - so I think what you sometimes mistake for approba tiveness , is only an involuntary demonstration - regardless of the ...
... happy , I involuntarily try to make my joy conta- gious - if I am miserable , I am very apt to proclaim that too - so I think what you sometimes mistake for approba tiveness , is only an involuntary demonstration - regardless of the ...
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... happy minority . Don't you remember , Belle , how your sister called you to her and scolded you for making faces at the old girls ? " " Served them right , Edith - Clara Turell did the same thing last year ; and she says that if Jane ...
... happy minority . Don't you remember , Belle , how your sister called you to her and scolded you for making faces at the old girls ? " " Served them right , Edith - Clara Turell did the same thing last year ; and she says that if Jane ...
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Page 290 - REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh when thou shall say, I have no pleasure in them...
Page 290 - For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
Page 333 - Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones : Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you and ye shall live, and I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Page 277 - Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, to bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
Page 155 - With better hopes be filled. 2 Thy love the power of thought bestowed, To Thee my thoughts would soar : Thy mercy o'er my life has flowed, That mercy I adore. 3 In each event of life, how clear Thy ruling hand I see ; Each blessing to my soul more dear, Because conferred by Thee. 4 In every joy that crowns my days, In every pain...
Page 233 - The lines, too subtly twisted to unroll, Out to a perfect thread. I hence appeal To the dear Christian church — that we may do Our Father's business in these temples mirk, Thus, swift and...
Page 234 - I hence appeal To the dear Christian church — that we may do Our Father's business in these temples mirk, Thus swift and steadfast, thus intent and strong ; While thus, apart from toil, our souls pursue Some high, calm, spheric tune, and prove our work The better for the sweetness of our song.