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Pagina 29
... tion to make to you , Colonel Musgrave . This packet , the day before my dear , dear mother died , she entrusted to my care , and bound me at the same time , by a pro- mise , to mention the subject to no one - MUSGRAVE . 29.
... tion to make to you , Colonel Musgrave . This packet , the day before my dear , dear mother died , she entrusted to my care , and bound me at the same time , by a pro- mise , to mention the subject to no one - MUSGRAVE . 29.
Pagina 30
... dying command , by giving this packet to him . More she was about to tell me , but her strength failed her - she fainted ; and from that time - she could not - she- " Mary paused , wiped away her tears , and collected her voice ; then ...
... dying command , by giving this packet to him . More she was about to tell me , but her strength failed her - she fainted ; and from that time - she could not - she- " Mary paused , wiped away her tears , and collected her voice ; then ...
Pagina 31
... dying injunctions . I there- fore gladly availed myself of your request for a private interview ; and now I give you what her dying hands placed in mine . " She pressed the packet to her lips ; and Musgrave , who had remained with his ...
... dying injunctions . I there- fore gladly availed myself of your request for a private interview ; and now I give you what her dying hands placed in mine . " She pressed the packet to her lips ; and Musgrave , who had remained with his ...
Pagina 62
... died of consumption , in Italy , and his mortal remains rest in the English cemetery at Leghorn . One was drowned off the coast of Southern India , having gallantly refused to quit a sinking vessel until he saw every man of his troop ...
... died of consumption , in Italy , and his mortal remains rest in the English cemetery at Leghorn . One was drowned off the coast of Southern India , having gallantly refused to quit a sinking vessel until he saw every man of his troop ...
Pagina 63
... died in the prime of youth , of a brief illness , beneath his father's roof . And one , the last survivor of the band , fell at Aliwal . Whilst of the joyous girls who shared their Christ- mas sports , some , too , have been summoned to ...
... died in the prime of youth , of a brief illness , beneath his father's roof . And one , the last survivor of the band , fell at Aliwal . Whilst of the joyous girls who shared their Christ- mas sports , some , too , have been summoned to ...
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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Populaire passages
Pagina 78 - Needs no show of mountain hoary, Winding shore, or deepening glen, Where the landscape in its glory Teaches truth to wandering men : Give true hearts but earth and sky, And some flowers to bloom and die, — Homely scenes and simple views, Lowly thoughts may best infuse.
Pagina 249 - No haughty feat of arms I tell; Soft is the note, and sad the lay That mourns the lovely Rosabelle.
Pagina 83 - How pure at heart and sound in head, With what divine affections bold Should be the man whose thought would hold An hour's communion with the dead. In vain shalt thou, or any, call The spirits from their golden day, Except, like them, thou too canst say, My spirit is at peace with all.
Pagina 37 - Soft shall be his pillow. There, through the summer day, Cool streams are laving ; There, while the tempests sway, Scarce are boughs waving ; There, thy rest shalt thou take, Parted for ever, Never again to wake, Never, O never.
Pagina 147 - The machinery for dreaming planted in the human brain was not planted for nothing. That faculty, in alliance with the mystery of darkness, is the one great tube through which man communicates with the shadowy.
Pagina 47 - By thine Agony and bloody Sweat ; by thy Cross and Passion ; by thy precious Death and Burial ; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension ; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, Good Lord, deliver us.
Pagina 173 - The first is health — some leave other occupations as too laborious and teach school, thinking that the trials of the schoolroom are much less than those of any other station. Health Is essential to the teacher, not only on his own account but for the sake of his pupils. To the sick, every trial is doubled. Some suffering bad health are better teachers than those enjoying good, but If the same person were possessed with health, he would be probably a much, better teacher. On one occasion the examination...
Pagina 128 - Being who has promised to be the ' father of the fatherless, and the husband of the widow.
Pagina 37 - Where shall the traitor rest, He, the deceiver, Who could win maiden's breast, Ruin, and leave her ? In the lost battle, Borne down by the flying, Where mingles war's rattle With groans of the dying...