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... letters . " She wrote thus to her fa- ther : - " When first I thought of writing this letter to you , my very dear father , I knew not how I could write it , I was so uneasy at the idea ; but I have requested that I may write to you ...
... letters . " She wrote thus to her fa- ther : - " When first I thought of writing this letter to you , my very dear father , I knew not how I could write it , I was so uneasy at the idea ; but I have requested that I may write to you ...
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... letter , I may be , perhaps , freed from this infirm body . Need I say to one , who can seek and find a very present help in time of trouble , ' that I am assured you will all bear my death as you have ever borne the trials of the ...
... letter , I may be , perhaps , freed from this infirm body . Need I say to one , who can seek and find a very present help in time of trouble , ' that I am assured you will all bear my death as you have ever borne the trials of the ...
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... letter to her father . She thanked for his affection , and told him that the best f of it , after her death , would be to wrestle st immoderate grief . She concluded in words : " I would not , my dear Adrien , 1 have the false pride of ...
... letter to her father . She thanked for his affection , and told him that the best f of it , after her death , would be to wrestle st immoderate grief . She concluded in words : " I would not , my dear Adrien , 1 have the false pride of ...
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... day Rosine finished the above letters . He forwarded them immediately ; writing , at the same time , himself , to M. St. Alme . Rosine became gradually weaker : death made - > every day some visible advance ; but its effect on 22 ROSINE .
... day Rosine finished the above letters . He forwarded them immediately ; writing , at the same time , himself , to M. St. Alme . Rosine became gradually weaker : death made - > every day some visible advance ; but its effect on 22 ROSINE .
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... letter to M. St. Alme : - " I was too late , my dear father : our Rosine had left this world . I could not write before : but it seems now my chief delight to write any little circumstances , to you , concerning her . M. du Mercie has ...
... letter to M. St. Alme : - " I was too late , my dear father : our Rosine had left this world . I could not write before : but it seems now my chief delight to write any little circumstances , to you , concerning her . M. du Mercie has ...
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Page 52 - Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
Page 115 - Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked...
Page 197 - Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
Page 103 - Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
Page 155 - Lie not ; but let thy heart be true to God, Thy mouth to it, thy actions to them both.
Page viii - Here the self-torturing sophist, wild Rousseau, The apostle of affliction, he who threw Enchantment over passion, and from woe Wrung overwhelming eloquence, first drew The breath which made him wretched : yet he knew How to make madness beautiful, and cast O'er erring deeds and thoughts a heavenly hue Of words, like sunbeams, dazzling as they past The eyes, which o'er them shed tears feelingly and fast.
Page 59 - If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Page 219 - Athenian walls from ruin bare. IX. TO A VIRTUOUS YOUNG LADY. LADY, that in the prime of earliest youth Wisely hast shunned the broad way and the green, And with those few art eminently seen, That labour up the hill of heavenly truth, The better part with Mary and with Ruth Chosen thou hast...
Page xiv - And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast : There shall the morn her earliest tears bestow, There the first roses of the year shall blow ; While angels with their silver wings o'ersluide The ground, now sacred by thy reliques made.
Page 128 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.