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... voice on the south side of the arena . The voice was Tim's . He was dancing his favourite jig . 66 " What is the matter , " enquired a man of a neighbour who stood exactly in front of Tim , and whose face wore anything but a contented ...
... voice on the south side of the arena . The voice was Tim's . He was dancing his favourite jig . 66 " What is the matter , " enquired a man of a neighbour who stood exactly in front of Tim , and whose face wore anything but a contented ...
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... voice to teach it the child's prayer . Who had taught it the last six years ? ' And that little foot , " said Mrs. Snowden . “ I should know her again anywhere , and under any circumstances , if I saw her bare foot , with its blood red ...
... voice to teach it the child's prayer . Who had taught it the last six years ? ' And that little foot , " said Mrs. Snowden . “ I should know her again anywhere , and under any circumstances , if I saw her bare foot , with its blood red ...
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... voice for her stilled for ever ? And the children in the closet stood and heard it all . They could see through a crevice in the door , the weeping mother , moaning and tossing in ceaseless restless agony ; hear , without being able to ...
... voice for her stilled for ever ? And the children in the closet stood and heard it all . They could see through a crevice in the door , the weeping mother , moaning and tossing in ceaseless restless agony ; hear , without being able to ...
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... voice plainly betrayed , though the sorrow was mingled with vexation and anger . " But is society the only thing we ought to consider in such a case as this , dear husband ? " pleaded Mrs. Snowden earnestly . " Did society trouble ...
... voice plainly betrayed , though the sorrow was mingled with vexation and anger . " But is society the only thing we ought to consider in such a case as this , dear husband ? " pleaded Mrs. Snowden earnestly . " Did society trouble ...
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... voice , and the starting tear , told her too plainly that he was terribly in earnest . Laying her hand tenderly on his arm , she said , " My poor Tim , you must know that I have no power to get your sentence changed . " " But the master ...
... voice , and the starting tear , told her too plainly that he was terribly in earnest . Laying her hand tenderly on his arm , she said , " My poor Tim , you must know that I have no power to get your sentence changed . " " But the master ...
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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.