The Home friend, a weekly miscellany of amusement and instruction, Volumen 2 |
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... thing . Your son- " " Was no wrangler at all , " said Mr. Welsh , quietly ; " he took a very respectable degree , and the character he brought away with him left me nothing to desire on his account , though it afforded no very great ...
... thing . Your son- " " Was no wrangler at all , " said Mr. Welsh , quietly ; " he took a very respectable degree , and the character he brought away with him left me nothing to desire on his account , though it afforded no very great ...
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... things turned up it would be better to decide on the course to be pursued . " A short time , however , settled the point , and fixed the destiny of Manvers . Henry Welsh had been now nearly two years in the family of Lord Elsdale , in ...
... things turned up it would be better to decide on the course to be pursued . " A short time , however , settled the point , and fixed the destiny of Manvers . Henry Welsh had been now nearly two years in the family of Lord Elsdale , in ...
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... is made ; only mind what you are are about . Let Sir George be what he may , abilities like yours will give you the mastership . It's only the way of doing things that causes success or failure . Follow my plan 6 THE HOME FRIEND .
... is made ; only mind what you are are about . Let Sir George be what he may , abilities like yours will give you the mastership . It's only the way of doing things that causes success or failure . Follow my plan 6 THE HOME FRIEND .
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Society for promoting Christian knowledge. things that causes success or failure . Follow my plan , it is a very useful one - yield to others in minor points - know the weak side of all you have to deal with - let no more of your own ...
Society for promoting Christian knowledge. things that causes success or failure . Follow my plan , it is a very useful one - yield to others in minor points - know the weak side of all you have to deal with - let no more of your own ...
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... things . Even now he consoled himself , he said , with the brightening prospects of his son ; a report having reached him that the living of D- was on the eve of becoming vacant . Henry held the letter in his hand . " Shall I add ...
... things . Even now he consoled himself , he said , with the brightening prospects of his son ; a report having reached him that the living of D- was on the eve of becoming vacant . Henry held the letter in his hand . " Shall I add ...
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Página 450 - Father, thy hand Hath reared these venerable columns, thou Didst weave this verdant roof. Thou didst look down Upon the naked earth, and, forthwith, rose All these fair ranks of trees.
Página 322 - For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Página 451 - Report not. No fantastic carvings show The boast of our vain race to change the form Of thy fair works. But thou art here — thou fill'st The solitude. Thou art in the soft winds That run along the summit of these trees In music ; — thou art in the cooler breath That from the inmost darkness of the place Comes, scarcely felt ; the barky trunks, the ground, The fresh moist ground, are all instinct with thee.
Página 152 - If thou art worn and hard beset With sorrows that thou wouldst forget, If thou wouldst read a lesson, that will keep Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep, Go to the woods and hills ! — No tears Dim the sweet look that nature wears.
Página 404 - Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hasteth, The sun sets, the shadow flies, The gourd consumes, and man — he dies!
Página 202 - ... bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung. Then pledged we the wine-cup, and fondly I swore, From my home and my weeping friends never to part ; My little ones kissed me a thousand times o'er, And my wife sobbed aloud in her fulness of heart. Stay, stay with us, — rest, thou art weary and worn...
Página 202 - I flew to the pleasant fields traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom was young ; I heard my own mountain-goats bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung.
Página 203 - And thou, too, whosoe'er thou art, That readest this brief psalm, As one by one thy hopes depart, Be resolute and calm. O fear not in a world like this, And thou shalt know ere long, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong.
Página 408 - I take my subjects' money, when I want it, without all this formality of parliament?" The bishop of Durham readily answered, "God forbid, Sir, but you should: you are the breath of our nostrils." Whereupon the King turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, "Well, my Lord, what say you?" "Sir," replied the bishop, "I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.
Página 135 - Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears ; To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.