Scenes and Characters Illustrating Christian Truth, Band 3Henry Ware J. Munroe, 1835 |
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... in a city for two or three years , and then returned a widow , penniless , and with an only son , to her father's house . She bore her reverses meekly , and direct- - ed all her energies to one object , -the 2 HOME .
... in a city for two or three years , and then returned a widow , penniless , and with an only son , to her father's house . She bore her reverses meekly , and direct- - ed all her energies to one object , -the 2 HOME .
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... father's spacious house , and when you look into the dirty street , or into our poor , cramped , ten - feet yard , will you not pine to see the golden harvests we left waving on the sunny slopes of Greenbrook , or for the beauti- ful ...
... father's spacious house , and when you look into the dirty street , or into our poor , cramped , ten - feet yard , will you not pine to see the golden harvests we left waving on the sunny slopes of Greenbrook , or for the beauti- ful ...
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... father . We shall not give an inventory , but merely note that there were no superfluities , - no gewgaws of any description , no mantel - glass , ornamental lamp , vase of Paris flowers , tawdry pictures ; such are sometimes seen where ...
... father . We shall not give an inventory , but merely note that there were no superfluities , - no gewgaws of any description , no mantel - glass , ornamental lamp , vase of Paris flowers , tawdry pictures ; such are sometimes seen where ...
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... father made an estimate of the cost of our furniture , he allowed twenty - five dollars for books . That , he said , would buy a Bible , the histories of England and America , a cookery book , and dictionary , —quite enough , he said ...
... father made an estimate of the cost of our furniture , he allowed twenty - five dollars for books . That , he said , would buy a Bible , the histories of England and America , a cookery book , and dictionary , —quite enough , he said ...
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... father's list ; the cookery book is on a shelf in the kitchen , with a few other instructive and entertaining volumes for Martha's use . I believe that whatever tends to improve the minds and hearts of domestics will , to say the worst ...
... father's list ; the cookery book is on a shelf in the kitchen , with a few other instructive and entertaining volumes for Martha's use . I believe that whatever tends to improve the minds and hearts of domestics will , to say the worst ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Alice alms-house Anne Anne Hyde Anthon asked Aunt Betsey baby Barclay took Barclay's better Bible Biddy blessed brother called Charles Charles's cheek cheerful chil creatures dancing dear dear boy dinner domestic door dren Effie Emily's exclaimed father feel felt gentle girls give Grandmama Greenbrook hand happy Harry and Emily Harry Norton Hart HARVARD COLLEGE heart heaven hope HOPE LESLIE JAMES MUNROE John John Norton labor lady let me kiss light live look ma'am marriage Martha Mary mean ment mind moral morning mother nature never parents parlor passed passion Phealan pleasant pleasure pretty replied seemed sister smile sometimes spirit stairs Sunday sure tell temper Thank thing thought tion Tom Allen turn virtue voice Wallace wife William Barclay Willie wish wonder word young دو وو
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 145 - Cowards die many times before their deaths : The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear ; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.
Seite 103 - HOW doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower...
Seite 135 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain, These simple blessings of the lowly train, To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
Seite 21 - ... family." Mr. Barclay felt so too ; and, kissing him, he said, " I have only been waiting for you, Wallace ; and, from the time you have taken to consider your besetting sin, I trust you have gained strength to resist it.
Seite 23 - This subject has puzzled older and wiser heads than yours, my son, and puzzled them more than I think it should. If we had been created incapable of sin, there could have been no virtue. Did you not feel happier yesterday after your trial than if it had not happened...
Seite 17 - ... again, and thus put the speediest termination to its sufferings. " The children were all sobbing. Wallace stood pale and trembling. His eye turned to his father, then to his mother, then was riveted on the floor. The children saw the frown on their father's face, more dreaded by them than ever was flogging, or dark closet with all its hobgoblins. " ' I guess you did not mean to do it, did you, Wally?
Seite 117 - ... Alice at one end of the piazza, under a closely woven honeysuckle, " do you think you shall continue satisfied with your present tranquil enjoyments? Will you not miss the occupation of the office?" "No, I shall substitute the occupations of my garden and farm, which are far more agreeable to me. " " But will you not miss the excitements of the city?
Seite 16 - ... prefatory palliation for Wallace. The kite was the finest he had ever possessed; it had been given him by a friend, and that friend was waiting at the door, to string and fly it for him. At once the ruin of the kite, and the indignity to which it was subjected, flashed on him, and perhaps little Haddy 'a very satisfied air exasperated him.
Seite 151 - Wallace," he said, raising his eye gratefully to Him who had granted his last earthly prayer, " how pleasant it is to be here! How I longed for this! O home, home! Open wide those blinds, Wallace," — he pointed to the east window opposite his bed. "Now raise my head and let it rest on your breast. I always loved to look on those hills when the sun was going down! " It was one of those moments in the harmonies of nature, when the outward world seems to answer to the spirit. The valley was in deep...