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... sure ! That is , you're as good as the most , Polly - better'n most , Polly ; but then there's the wings and things ; they'd make - well , I must say for't , considerable difference , I do s'pose ! " she admitted hesitat- ingly ...
... sure ! That is , you're as good as the most , Polly - better'n most , Polly ; but then there's the wings and things ; they'd make - well , I must say for't , considerable difference , I do s'pose ! " she admitted hesitat- ingly ...
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... sure , and Becky was no great hand with any needle but knitting needles , but Maggie could do it slick as you please . " The owner assented with alacrity . " It did look rather badly to wear through the village - if it wouldn't be too ...
... sure , and Becky was no great hand with any needle but knitting needles , but Maggie could do it slick as you please . " The owner assented with alacrity . " It did look rather badly to wear through the village - if it wouldn't be too ...
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... sure that Mrs. Belden is the right woman for me . Although she will be in a certain sense a dependent , she deserves and will occupy the place of a friend . I do not think I can be mistaken in her , and I believe that you will like her ...
... sure that Mrs. Belden is the right woman for me . Although she will be in a certain sense a dependent , she deserves and will occupy the place of a friend . I do not think I can be mistaken in her , and I believe that you will like her ...
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... sure he wore for ornament , while his hair was combed back straight over his head , to show all the forehead he possessed , though it was not at all imposing in its height and breadth . I had made no inquiries into his history , for he ...
... sure he wore for ornament , while his hair was combed back straight over his head , to show all the forehead he possessed , though it was not at all imposing in its height and breadth . I had made no inquiries into his history , for he ...
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... sure that no enticement to sensuality or gross vice would have power to move me . Steady em- ployment and daily fatigue held in check my animal spirits , and all my life had gone on safely and smoothly . The daily prayer had brought me ...
... sure that no enticement to sensuality or gross vice would have power to move me . Steady em- ployment and daily fatigue held in check my animal spirits , and all my life had gone on safely and smoothly . The daily prayer had brought me ...
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Página 330 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said : " The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Página 446 - The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.
Página 330 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which in the providence of God must needs come, but which having continued through his appointed time, he now wills to remove, and...
Página 330 - God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God .always ascribe to Him ? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.
Página 458 - ... are anxious to be agreeable to him ; and no man, but a very impudent dog indeed, can as freely command what is in another man's house, as if it were his own. Whereas at a tavern there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome ; and the more noise you make, the more- trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No...
Página 538 - Scud black and swift across the sky; Like silent ghosts in misty shrouds Stand out the white lighthouses high. Almost as far as eye can reach I see the close-reefed vessels fly, As fast we flit along the beach, One little sandpiper and I.
Página 328 - His hand is in it. If He has a place and work for me, and I think He has, I believe I am ready. I am nothing, but truth is everything. I know I am right, because I know that liberty is right, for Christ teaches it, and Christ is God. I have told them that a house divided against itself cannot stand, and Christ and reason say the same, and they will find it so.
Página 58 - tis and ever was my wish and way To let all flowers live freely, and all die, Whene'er their Genius bids their souls depart, Among their kindred in their native place. I never pluck the rose; the violet's head Hath shaken with my breath upon its bank And not reproacht me; the ever-sacred cup Of the pure lily hath between my hands Felt safe, unsoiled, nor lost one grain of gold.
Página 328 - I know there is a God, and that He hates injustice and slavery. I see the storm coming, and I know that His hand is in it. If He has a place and work for me — and I think He has — I believe I am ready. I am nothing, but truth is everything. I know I am right because I know that liberty is right, for Christ teaches it, and Christ is God.
Página 329 - Christian soldiers and sailors, a becoming deference to the best sentiment of a Christian people, and a due regard for the Divine will, demand that Sunday labor in the army and navy be reduced to the measure of strict necessity. The discipline and character of the National forces should not suffer, nor the cause they defend be imperiled, by the profanation of the day or name of the Most High. "At this time of public distress," adopting the words of Washington in 1776, " men may find enough to do...