Aspiration: An Autobiography of GirlhoodSheldon, Lamport and Blakeman, 1855 - 334 pages |
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... looks and Mary's attempts to restrain her . 66 Balmy breezes — airs of Eden - ambrosial curls and lips of nectar - hyacinthine locks , and brow of marble - eagle eye and nose of Roman : shoulders — ahem — something like King Richard's ...
... looks and Mary's attempts to restrain her . 66 Balmy breezes — airs of Eden - ambrosial curls and lips of nectar - hyacinthine locks , and brow of marble - eagle eye and nose of Roman : shoulders — ahem — something like King Richard's ...
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... looks at me through an eye - glass and calls me a school- girl . " " Your goodness in this new compact overwhelms me , Miss Edith . I prostrate my spirit at your feet . Circum- stances prevent my doing it personally . I faint in the sun ...
... looks at me through an eye - glass and calls me a school- girl . " " Your goodness in this new compact overwhelms me , Miss Edith . I prostrate my spirit at your feet . Circum- stances prevent my doing it personally . I faint in the sun ...
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... look again and again . I raised my eyes to the stranger - stranger no longer in the intimate acquaintance he was determined I should have with him and his family . Never did I see two faces more alike . They were mother and son , beyond ...
... look again and again . I raised my eyes to the stranger - stranger no longer in the intimate acquaintance he was determined I should have with him and his family . Never did I see two faces more alike . They were mother and son , beyond ...
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... look I had dreaded to meet , I grew more at ease , and was about to speak , in as indifferent a tone as I could command , when Captain Manners spoke again , in so low a voice that it could meet no ear but my own . " We shall part soon ...
... look I had dreaded to meet , I grew more at ease , and was about to speak , in as indifferent a tone as I could command , when Captain Manners spoke again , in so low a voice that it could meet no ear but my own . " We shall part soon ...
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... look for it , it has as yet taken no form or shape . " " It may be nearer to you than you imagine ; and evident as it is to me , as a looker - on , it cannot be long concealed , from your questionings . It would not be right for me ...
... look for it , it has as yet taken no form or shape . " " It may be nearer to you than you imagine ; and evident as it is to me , as a looker - on , it cannot be long concealed , from your questionings . It would not be right for me ...
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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.