Madam How and Lady Why; OrMacmillan and Company, 1885 - 321 páginas |
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... true , and more real , than any things which you can see or touch . But you must begin at the beginning in order to end at the end , and sow the seed if you wish to gather the fruit . God has ordained that you , and every child which ...
... true , and more real , than any things which you can see or touch . But you must begin at the beginning in order to end at the end , and sow the seed if you wish to gather the fruit . God has ordained that you , and every child which ...
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... I CHAPTER II . EARTHQUAKES 33 CHAPTER III . VOLCANOS 54 CHAPTER IV . THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF A GRAIN OF SOIL 78 CHAPTER V. THE ICE - PLOUGH THE TRUE FAIRY TALE 97 CHAPTER VI . 116 b THE CHALK - CARTS CHAPTER VII . CHAPTER VIII .
... I CHAPTER II . EARTHQUAKES 33 CHAPTER III . VOLCANOS 54 CHAPTER IV . THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF A GRAIN OF SOIL 78 CHAPTER V. THE ICE - PLOUGH THE TRUE FAIRY TALE 97 CHAPTER VI . 116 b THE CHALK - CARTS CHAPTER VII . CHAPTER VIII .
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... true : but it only tells us how fire burns , the way or means by which it burns ; it does not tell us the reason why it burns . But you will ask , " If that is not the reason why fire burns , what is ? My dear child , I do not know ...
... true : but it only tells us how fire burns , the way or means by which it burns ; it does not tell us the reason why it burns . But you will ask , " If that is not the reason why fire burns , what is ? My dear child , I do not know ...
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... true resignation , the resignation which is fit for grown people and children alike , the resig nation which is the beginning and the end of all wisdom and all religion , is to believe that Lady Why knows best , because she herself is ...
... true resignation , the resignation which is fit for grown people and children alike , the resig nation which is the beginning and the end of all wisdom and all religion , is to believe that Lady Why knows best , because she herself is ...
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... true ; and some day , when we have another talk with Madam How , I will show even a child like you that it was true . But what could change a beautiful Chine like that at Bournemouth into a wide sloping glen like this of Bracknell's ...
... true ; and some day , when we have another talk with Madam How , I will show even a child like you that it was true . But what could change a beautiful Chine like that at Bournemouth into a wide sloping glen like this of Bracknell's ...
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Página 138 - As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe, And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled.
Página 29 - When he gave to the sea his decree, That the waters should not pass his commandment: When he appointed the foundations of the earth : Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: And I was daily his delight, Rejoicing always before him ; Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth ; And my delights were with the sons of men.
Página 160 - I wind about, and in and out, With here a blossom sailing, And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling ; And here and there a foamy flake Upon me, as I travel, With many a silvery waterbreak Above the golden gravel, — And draw them all along, and flow To join the brimming river ; For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.
Página 69 - There is a path which no fowl knoweth, And which the vulture's eye hath not seen: The lion's whelps have not trodden it, Nor the fierce lion passed by it.