The Gates Wide Open; Or, Scenes in Another WorldLee and Shepard, 1870 - 340 pages |
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... can be less than a dot . " Mrs. Jay , who had been listening with great attention , asked if they used steam on this globe , for , she said , “ I thought I saw vast steamers , crossing the ocean in 40 THE GATES WIDE OPEN ; OR ,
... can be less than a dot . " Mrs. Jay , who had been listening with great attention , asked if they used steam on this globe , for , she said , “ I thought I saw vast steamers , crossing the ocean in 40 THE GATES WIDE OPEN ; OR ,
Page 54
... listening multitude , what must be the elec- tric force of such a choir as you see collecting , aided by such performers , when , too , every note is pregnant with meaning , with which the choir , orchestra and auditors are alike ...
... listening multitude , what must be the elec- tric force of such a choir as you see collecting , aided by such performers , when , too , every note is pregnant with meaning , with which the choir , orchestra and auditors are alike ...
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... listening to the notes of Malibran and Jenny Lind ; but their notes were not to be compared with hers . " And Peter , not to be outdone by Mrs. Jay , assured the girl that " there were thousands on earth who would be glad to exchange ...
... listening to the notes of Malibran and Jenny Lind ; but their notes were not to be compared with hers . " And Peter , not to be outdone by Mrs. Jay , assured the girl that " there were thousands on earth who would be glad to exchange ...
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... listening with a pleased air to the sounds it gave forth at the sweep of his bow . It was nearly two hours , and it may have been more , the vesper service lasted , and yet no sign of weariness or exhaustion was shown by the choir or ...
... listening with a pleased air to the sounds it gave forth at the sweep of his bow . It was nearly two hours , and it may have been more , the vesper service lasted , and yet no sign of weariness or exhaustion was shown by the choir or ...
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... listening to the preaching of the gospel every Lord's day , trained from my cradle to repeat the Divine Hymns of Dr. Watts for Infant Minds , initiated into the Christian church by baptism confirmed in childhood by a Christian bishop ...
... listening to the preaching of the gospel every Lord's day , trained from my cradle to repeat the Divine Hymns of Dr. Watts for Infant Minds , initiated into the Christian church by baptism confirmed in childhood by a Christian bishop ...
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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.