The Gates Wide Open; Or, Scenes in Another WorldLee and Shepard, 1870 - 340 pages |
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... face of the lake , with all the gorgeous clouds of a summer's eve , lit up by the great setting flame . Here as they sat admiring the scene before them , Peter thus addressed his companion : " How unspeakably happy I am , Mrs. Jay , to ...
... face of the lake , with all the gorgeous clouds of a summer's eve , lit up by the great setting flame . Here as they sat admiring the scene before them , Peter thus addressed his companion : " How unspeakably happy I am , Mrs. Jay , to ...
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... face of the man , whose merry sayings provoked the mirth of the group , while his wife ( as they supposed her to be ) looked around with a pleased air , the very type of good- ness and gentleness . It reminded Mrs. Jay of the play ...
... face of the man , whose merry sayings provoked the mirth of the group , while his wife ( as they supposed her to be ) looked around with a pleased air , the very type of good- ness and gentleness . It reminded Mrs. Jay of the play ...
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... faces were beautiful beyond description . It was late , and Peter , a little weary with his long flight , laid himself down to sleep . Now the state of repose to the redeemed is bliss un- known on earth ; for then the soul in vision ...
... faces were beautiful beyond description . It was late , and Peter , a little weary with his long flight , laid himself down to sleep . Now the state of repose to the redeemed is bliss un- known on earth ; for then the soul in vision ...
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... face was bright with anticipation , and their steps were eager and elastic ; but there was no vulgar hurry , no jostling , but the utmost courtesy prevailed . On their approach , these citizens , with a smile and graceful recognition ...
... face was bright with anticipation , and their steps were eager and elastic ; but there was no vulgar hurry , no jostling , but the utmost courtesy prevailed . On their approach , these citizens , with a smile and graceful recognition ...
Page 56
... face of Mozart ; as for Beethoven he had not yet descended from his open vision of the throne of God , and sat gazing upward as in a trance . Haydn with smiles received the congratulations of the choir gathering about him , while Handel ...
... face of Mozart ; as for Beethoven he had not yet descended from his open vision of the throne of God , and sat gazing upward as in a trance . Haydn with smiles received the congratulations of the choir gathering about him , while Handel ...
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Page 302 - Lo, these are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him?
Page 106 - If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Page 66 - Nay, but O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus...
Page 265 - HEAR, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: For the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against me.
Page 42 - Christians here, and of these we have a great multitude which no man can number. of all nations, and kindreds, and peoples, and tongues.
Page 352 - To him that hath loved me, and washed me from my sins in his own blood, to him be glory both now and forever.
Page 215 - British, to signify that power of the mind which perceives truth, or commands belief, not by progressive argumentation, but by an instantaneous, instinctive, and irresistible impulse ; derived neither from education nor from habit, but from nature...
Page 106 - And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child; and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Page 97 - Commander : he above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a Tow'r ; his form had yet not lost All her Original brightness, nor appear'd Less than Arch Angel ruin'd, and th...
Page 96 - And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is, But now begins ; for, from this happy day, The Old Dragon, under ground In straiter limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway ; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail.