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... miss it ; therefore he is happy , for he is a child . It was our Saviour who said , " Suffer little chil- dren to come unto me , and forbid them not , for of such is the kingdom of heaven . " What children ? Our Bible does not say ...
... miss it ; therefore he is happy , for he is a child . It was our Saviour who said , " Suffer little chil- dren to come unto me , and forbid them not , for of such is the kingdom of heaven . " What children ? Our Bible does not say ...
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... missed returning home at the same hour in the evening— about five o'clock . That is where he is now wending his way , with his hands in his pockets , whistling a merry tune , as if in defiance of the bitter north - east wind which ...
... missed returning home at the same hour in the evening— about five o'clock . That is where he is now wending his way , with his hands in his pockets , whistling a merry tune , as if in defiance of the bitter north - east wind which ...
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... missed his watch . " Stop thief , " he cried , seizing by the collar a dirty - looking fellow who stood close to him , who , though shabbily dressed , was certainly no thief . " This , " continued the speaker , " is the first and ...
... missed his watch . " Stop thief , " he cried , seizing by the collar a dirty - looking fellow who stood close to him , who , though shabbily dressed , was certainly no thief . " This , " continued the speaker , " is the first and ...
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... missed my purse containing fifty shillings , " he replied . Tim was now standing quietly underneath the hustings , more than one hundred yards from the speakers . The candidate continued his speech , " " He would have education to ...
... missed my purse containing fifty shillings , " he replied . Tim was now standing quietly underneath the hustings , more than one hundred yards from the speakers . The candidate continued his speech , " " He would have education to ...
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... gentleman's feet , who in return gave our vagabond a hearty cuff . Tim forgot the cuff in a moment . The old gentleman never missed . his purse until he got home . CHAPTER VI . THE LITTLE VAGABOND STANDS TREAT . T The Vagabond . 21.
... gentleman's feet , who in return gave our vagabond a hearty cuff . Tim forgot the cuff in a moment . The old gentleman never missed . his purse until he got home . CHAPTER VI . THE LITTLE VAGABOND STANDS TREAT . T The Vagabond . 21.
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allowed answered arms asked beautiful better bright bring brother called CHAPTER Charlie child Claude continued cried dear door enquired entered eyes face father feel feet felt follow forward friends gentle girl give gone Gretton hands happy head hear heard heart hold hope hour Jenny keep kind kiss knew leave lips live look mamma Mary meet mind Miss months morning mother Nellie never night once papa passed Paul play poor promise replied rest round seemed seen shillings side sister sleep smile Snowden sobbed soon sound Spencer stood sure taken tears tell thing thought told tried troubled turned vagabond voice Waddles waiting walk Wallis watched window wish young
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Página 127 - And he look'd at her and said, " Bring the dress and put it on her, That she wore when she was wed.
Página 174 - Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses!
Página 171 - If I am right, Thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way.
Página 379 - They gathered round him on the fresh green bank, And spoke their kindly words; and, as the sun Rose up in heaven, he knelt among them there, And bowed his head upon his hands to pray.
Página 147 - BETWEEN the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupations, That is known as the Children's Hour. I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet.
Página 134 - And shouted but once more aloud, "My father! must I stay?" While o'er him fast, through sail and shroud, The wreathing fires made way. They...
Página 182 - Died on his lips, and their motion revealed what his tongue would have spoken. Vainly he strove to rise ; and Evangeline, kneeling beside him, Kissed his dying lips, and laid his head on her bosom. Sweet was the light of his eyes ; but it suddenly sank into darkness, As when a lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement.
Página 147 - O'er each fair sleeping brow, She had each folded flower in sight— Where are those dreamers now? One midst the forests of the West, By a dark stream, is laid ; The Indian knows his place of rest Far in the cedar shade. The sea, the blue lone sea, hath one, He lies where pearls lie deep, He was the loved of all, yet none O'er his low bed may weep. One sleeps where southern vines...
Página 384 - Yes," cried the lad with upraised finger, "Ellen Jones is singing what I must do." Mr. Welburn listened, when the clear contralto tones of a girl's voice was heard singing, ' ' Oh ! rest in the Lord ; wait patiently for Him ; and He will give thee Thy heart's desire.
Página 345 - Thy sinless land, Which eye hath never seen. Visions come and go; Shapes of resplendent beauty round me throng, From angel lips I seem to hear the flow Of soft and holy song.