Sketch of Connecticut, Forty Years SinceOliver D. Cooke & Sons., 1824 - 278 σελίδες |
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... tone , which seems an echo of the soul's harmony . Her brow was circled with thin folds of the purest cambrick , whose whiteness was con- trasted with the broad , black ribband which compressed them , and the kerchief of the same colour ...
... tone , which seems an echo of the soul's harmony . Her brow was circled with thin folds of the purest cambrick , whose whiteness was con- trasted with the broad , black ribband which compressed them , and the kerchief of the same colour ...
Σελίδα 11
... tones of his voice promised to attain the melting richness of his mother's , as a bud resembles the perfect flower . He possessed that rapid perception , and tremulous sensibility , which betok- en genius . His character , even in ...
... tones of his voice promised to attain the melting richness of his mother's , as a bud resembles the perfect flower . He possessed that rapid perception , and tremulous sensibility , which betok- en genius . His character , even in ...
Σελίδα 22
... Once more , his farewell tone falter- ed on her ear , as she wiped the dews from his temples , " My daughter ! visit the fatherless , and the widow in ́their afflictions , and keep thyself unspotted from the world 22 SKETCH OF CONNECTICUT ,
... Once more , his farewell tone falter- ed on her ear , as she wiped the dews from his temples , " My daughter ! visit the fatherless , and the widow in ́their afflictions , and keep thyself unspotted from the world 22 SKETCH OF CONNECTICUT ,
Σελίδα 23
... tones of children , the smile , the sport , the winning attitudes of those three boys , who returned no more . But illusion vanished , and more bitterly than her melancholy poet , she might have apostrophized the grim conqueror ; " Thy ...
... tones of children , the smile , the sport , the winning attitudes of those three boys , who returned no more . But illusion vanished , and more bitterly than her melancholy poet , she might have apostrophized the grim conqueror ; " Thy ...
Σελίδα 24
Lydia Howard Sigourney. her sa nted ones - she sang in tones of the gentlest melody that beautiful hymn of Watts— " There is a land of pure delight , Where saints immortal reign ; Infinite day excludes the night , And pleasures banish ...
Lydia Howard Sigourney. her sa nted ones - she sang in tones of the gentlest melody that beautiful hymn of Watts— " There is a land of pure delight , Where saints immortal reign ; Infinite day excludes the night , And pleasures banish ...
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Σελίδα 255 - ... THEY sin who tell us Love can die ; With life all other passions fly — All others are but vanity. In heaven ambition cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the vaults of hell ; Earthly these passions of the earth, They perish where they have their birth.
Σελίδα 15 - November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh ; The short'ning winter-day is near a close ; The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh ; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose : The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; Th' expectant...
Σελίδα 24 - Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Σελίδα 177 - For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Σελίδα 234 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the gentiles, and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Σελίδα 153 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Σελίδα 274 - But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life.
Σελίδα 105 - Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest station ends in, " Here he lies," And " Dust to dust
Σελίδα 236 - YE that do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbours, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways, draw near with faith, and take this Holy Sacrament to your comfort; and make your humble confession to Almighty God, meekly kneeling upon your knees.
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