Spare hours v. 1, 1861, Volum 1Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1861 |
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Pàgina 18
... when we can't think , as Rab couldn't , we were immediately to blame ? It is , as the old worthy says , something to trust our God in the dark , as the dog does his . A dear and wise and exquisite child , drew a 18 PREFACE .
... when we can't think , as Rab couldn't , we were immediately to blame ? It is , as the old worthy says , something to trust our God in the dark , as the dog does his . A dear and wise and exquisite child , drew a 18 PREFACE .
Pàgina 26
... darkness ; the strap across his mouth tense as a bowstring ; his whole frame stiff with indig- nation and surprise ; his roar asking us all round , “ Did you ever see the like of this ? " He looked a statue of anger and astonishment ...
... darkness ; the strap across his mouth tense as a bowstring ; his whole frame stiff with indig- nation and surprise ; his roar asking us all round , “ Did you ever see the like of this ? " He looked a statue of anger and astonishment ...
Pàgina 28
... dark - gray eyes - eyes such as one sees only twice or thrice in a lifetime , full of suffering - 1 It is not easy giving this look by one word ; it was expressive a her being so much of her life alone . ful : also of the overcoming of ...
... dark - gray eyes - eyes such as one sees only twice or thrice in a lifetime , full of suffering - 1 It is not easy giving this look by one word ; it was expressive a her being so much of her life alone . ful : also of the overcoming of ...
Pàgina 30
... darkness . His head was scarred with the records of old wounds , a sort of series of fields of battle all over it ; one eye out , one ear cropped as close as was Archbishop Leighton's father's ; the re- maining eye had the power of two ...
... darkness . His head was scarred with the records of old wounds , a sort of series of fields of battle all over it ; one eye out , one ear cropped as close as was Archbishop Leighton's father's ; the re- maining eye had the power of two ...
Pàgina 33
... darkness , fixed on her . As before , they spoke little . Rab behaved well , never moving , showing us how neek and gentle he could be , and occasionally , in his sleep , letting us know that he was demolishing some 3 RAB AND HIS ...
... darkness , fixed on her . As before , they spoke little . Rab behaved well , never moving , showing us how neek and gentle he could be , and occasionally , in his sleep , letting us know that he was demolishing some 3 RAB AND HIS ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 203 - And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
Pàgina 411 - And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
Pàgina 195 - They are all gone into the world of light! And I alone sit lingering here ; Their very memory is fair and bright, And my sad thoughts doth clear...
Pàgina 358 - To sit the midst of Trinal Unity, He laid aside ; and here with us to be, Forsook the courts of everlasting day, And chose with us a darksome house of mortal clay.
Pàgina 210 - If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
Pàgina 244 - The idea of her life shall sweetly creep Into his study of imagination...
Pàgina 325 - But ah ! my soul with too much stay Is drunk, and staggers in the way ! Some...
Pàgina 439 - The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul...
Pàgina 315 - ... the hereditary failing of the first parent, yet manifest — his voice as yet not broken, but something between a childish treble, and a grumble — the mild forerunner, or prceludium, of a grunt.
Pàgina 330 - He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown; But what fair dell or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown.