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... knew it not . Her father , Adam , replied : Here is a mystery that we cannot fathom ; the beginnings and ends of things are hid- den from us ; but let us carry this tomb to the hut . It may instruct us . And Thirza rejoiced , as she ...
... knew it not . Her father , Adam , replied : Here is a mystery that we cannot fathom ; the beginnings and ends of things are hid- den from us ; but let us carry this tomb to the hut . It may instruct us . And Thirza rejoiced , as she ...
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... knew who they were ; but they need not say . He should like to have each one think for him- self , whether he was meek . One boy said , if I thought I was meek , I would not say so , lest the other boys should say I was proud . Eighteen ...
... knew who they were ; but they need not say . He should like to have each one think for him- self , whether he was meek . One boy said , if I thought I was meek , I would not say so , lest the other boys should say I was proud . Eighteen ...
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... this , he directed their attention to the marks of accent , sound , and quantity over the words , and asked them if they knew what they meant ; they said , No. He 7 * said , sometime , he would tell them what they JOURNAL . 33.
... this , he directed their attention to the marks of accent , sound , and quantity over the words , and asked them if they knew what they meant ; they said , No. He 7 * said , sometime , he would tell them what they JOURNAL . 33.
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... knew any one who lived a great deal in the inward world ? They said yes ; and he said he also knew a man who lived a reflective , spiritual , inward life , more than almost any other ; and yet he seemed to enjoy the outward world more ...
... knew any one who lived a great deal in the inward world ? They said yes ; and he said he also knew a man who lived a reflective , spiritual , inward life , more than almost any other ; and yet he seemed to enjoy the outward world more ...
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... knew himself . One boy held up his hand , none of the rest did . Mr. Alcott remarked to this boy , that he thought he knew very little of himself ; and then he took down Krummacher and read KNOW THYSELF . Strephon , -a Grecian youth of ...
... knew himself . One boy held up his hand , none of the rest did . Mr. Alcott remarked to this boy , that he thought he knew very little of himself ; and then he took down Krummacher and read KNOW THYSELF . Strephon , -a Grecian youth of ...
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Page 187 - When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was (but the servants which drew the water knew) the governor of the feast...
Page 187 - And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. Jesus saith unto them, Fill the water-pots with water.
Page 111 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ? JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE.
Page 110 - To where thy sky-born glories burn, And, as his springing steps advance, Catch war and vengeance from the glance.
Page 86 - It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
Page 41 - And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing ; nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee ; but if not, it shall not be so.
Page 111 - Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendors fly In triumph o'er his closing eye.
Page 190 - And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Page 190 - Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. But John forbade him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now; for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.
Page 107 - The Rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the Rose ; The Moon doth with delight Look round her when the heavens are bare ; Waters on a starry night Are beautiful and fair ; The Sunshine is a glorious birth ; But yet I know, where'er I go, That there hath passed away a glory from the earth.