Assunta Howard, and Other Stories and SketchesCatholic Publication Society Company, 1877 - 214 pàgines |
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Pàgina 168 - Nor was she wrong; for as to every leaf and every flower there is an ideal to which the growth of the plant is constantly urging, so is there an ideal to every human being, — a perfect form in which it might appear, were every defect removed and every characteristic excellence stimulated to the highest point. Once in an age, God sends to some of us a friend who loves in us not a false imagining, an unreal character, but looking through all the rubbish of our imperfections, loves in us the divine...
Pàgina 156 - Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend? For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.
Pàgina 218 - Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof ; but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed.
Pàgina 207 - Bless and sanctify my soul with heavenly benediction, that it may be made Thy holy habitation and the seat of Thy eternal glory ; and let nothing be found in the temple of Thy dignity that may offend the eyes of Thy Majesty.
Pàgina 189 - ... would dare in these days of sneaking, shamefaced Christianity, to commit such a brazen act of faith. The volunteers were accompanied by a great concourse of people, mostly relations and friends, but they remained outside, leaving the church to the soldiers.
Pàgina 157 - ... the burgh. This building must have been destroyed previous to 1561, as in that year Queen Mary conferred the lands and endowments upon the Town Council. Andrew Abercromby's wife, Elizabeth Barry, survived him, for in 1526 she consented to the payment of an annual sum to the Collegiate Kirk of Crail for masses to be said for the repose of the soul of her late husband. David Abercromby of Pitalpin, mentioned above, was admitted burgess on l8th February 1584 on payment of 10 lib.
Pàgina 191 - Paris was dancing in mad mirth like a harlequin to-day, but tomorrow it would be different ; to-morrow the smoke and the flame would go out, leaving behind them the elements of a great nation burnt pure of the corroding dross that had choked and held them captive so long. On arriving at home Berthe found a costume which had just come from M. Grandhomme's laid out on her bed. At any other moment the sight would have claimed her delighted attention, but she turned from it with a feeling of indifference...
Pàgina 207 - N 1I be spoken ; and to hope in Thee above all things, is the strongest comfort of Thy servants. To Thee therefore do I lift up mine eyes ; in Thee my God, the Father of mercies, do I put my trust. Bless and sanctify my soul with Thy heavenly...
Pàgina 189 - When they came out of the church with the curé at their head all the people of a common impulse fell upon their knees in the Place to get his blessing ; the men received it with bare heads and in silence, the •women weeping, most of them, •while some lifted up their hands •with the old priest and prayed out loud a blessing on the soldiers. Then he spoke a few words to them, not to the soldiers only, or chiefly, but to all, especially to the women. He bade them remember that they had the'ir...
Pàgina 188 - Irkoutsk, he could sentence them to perpetual sciatica, or chronic lumbago, or a mild term of ten years' rheumatism in the Isle of Fogs, versus, the mines and the knout, and all the rest of the paternal chastisements administered in Siberia. Then, over and above this immense accommodation, he might have his docks in England ; he might make the naughty Poles learn of his English subjects how to build ships, till, by-and-by, the navy of holy Russia would be the finest navy in the world, and big, top-heavy...