The Parent's PresentSamuel Griswold Goodrich Light & Horton, 1835 - 232 Seiten |
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... Manse , that used to ring with boyish glee , was now quiet ; when a lady , elegant , graceful , beautiful , young , and a widow , came to my dwelling , and her soft , sweet , silver voice told me that she was from Eng- land . She was ...
... Manse , that used to ring with boyish glee , was now quiet ; when a lady , elegant , graceful , beautiful , young , and a widow , came to my dwelling , and her soft , sweet , silver voice told me that she was from Eng- land . She was ...
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... Manse , did I begin to love them , nor were they slow in returning an old man's affection . They stole up to my side , and sub- mitted their smooth , glossy , leaning heads to my withered and trembling hand , nor for awhile could I tell ...
... Manse , did I begin to love them , nor were they slow in returning an old man's affection . They stole up to my side , and sub- mitted their smooth , glossy , leaning heads to my withered and trembling hand , nor for awhile could I tell ...
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... Manse , before I knew in a moment , dim as my eyes had long been , the soft , timid , stealing step of Edward , from the dancing and fearless motion of Henry Howard . ' Here the old man paused , not as it seemed from any fatigue in ...
... Manse , before I knew in a moment , dim as my eyes had long been , the soft , timid , stealing step of Edward , from the dancing and fearless motion of Henry Howard . ' Here the old man paused , not as it seemed from any fatigue in ...
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... Manse , and then putting out their little hands to embrace her . All their in- nocent plays were acted over and over again on the bed of death . They were looking into the nests of the little sing- ing birds , which they never injured ...
... Manse , and then putting out their little hands to embrace her . All their in- nocent plays were acted over and over again on the bed of death . They were looking into the nests of the little sing- ing birds , which they never injured ...
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... Manse after all the other boys had left it , and who , as they were the last , so were they the loveliest of all my flock . The very sound or accent of their southern voices , so pretty and engaging to our ears in the simplicity of ...
... Manse after all the other boys had left it , and who , as they were the last , so were they the loveliest of all my flock . The very sound or accent of their southern voices , so pretty and engaging to our ears in the simplicity of ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 81 - BREATHES there the man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ? Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned, From wandering on a foreign strand...
Seite 223 - O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Seite 176 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and, though poor perhaps compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to Heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —
Seite 123 - TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN. THOU blossom bright with autumn dew, And colored with the heaven's own blue, That openest when the quiet light Succeeds the keen and frosty night. Thou comest not when violets lean O'er wandering brooks and springs unseen, Or columbines, in purple dressed, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. Thou waitest late and com'st alone, When woods are bare and birds are flown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near his end.
Seite 220 - Well done, good and faithful servants, enter ye into the joy of your Lord.
Seite 175 - And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain; But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every -seed his own body.
Seite 21 - twixt Now and Then ! This breathing House not built with hands, This body that does me grievous wrong, O'er aery Cliffs and glittering Sands, How lightly then it flashed along...
Seite 224 - I will mock when your fear cometh; when your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me...
Seite 219 - Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
Seite 55 - ... him by his master, though of considerable length, fully and faithfully. He runs over the quiverings of the canary, and the clear whistlings of the Virginia nightingale or red-bird, with such superior execution and effect, that the mortified songsters feel their own inferiority and become altogether silent, while he seems to triumph in their defeat, by redoubling his exertions.