Characters and incidents of village life1831 - 120 pages |
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... death : Lucy approached him , and they mingled their tears in silence the entreaties of his daughter at last prevailed upon him to leave the room . In a few days all the melancholy preparations for the funeral were completed . Poor Lucy ...
... death : Lucy approached him , and they mingled their tears in silence the entreaties of his daughter at last prevailed upon him to leave the room . In a few days all the melancholy preparations for the funeral were completed . Poor Lucy ...
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... death . What do these new lights that you talk about do , but turn all sober and religious principles upside down ? My poor girl has gone sorrowing on ever since the time that she forsook the place of worship into whose commu- nion she ...
... death . What do these new lights that you talk about do , but turn all sober and religious principles upside down ? My poor girl has gone sorrowing on ever since the time that she forsook the place of worship into whose commu- nion she ...
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... death would have been a far less afflicting circumstance than seeing her in the state she now was . The resistance she made to the removal , her piercing shrieks , and looks of agony , were always strong in her father's memory . Poor ...
... death would have been a far less afflicting circumstance than seeing her in the state she now was . The resistance she made to the removal , her piercing shrieks , and looks of agony , were always strong in her father's memory . Poor ...
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... death ; and the fast - falling leaves , which were blown with a melancholy rustling sound towards the cottage , seemed a fit emblem of the decay and misery within . The corpse lay extended upon a mattress of straw , the daughter stood ...
... death ; and the fast - falling leaves , which were blown with a melancholy rustling sound towards the cottage , seemed a fit emblem of the decay and misery within . The corpse lay extended upon a mattress of straw , the daughter stood ...
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... death ; and placing the candle in a little low chair , at last he took courage to raise his eyes , and they rested upon the inanimate form before him . What would the miserable old man have given at this moment to have felt his ...
... death ; and placing the candle in a little low chair , at last he took courage to raise his eyes , and they rested upon the inanimate form before him . What would the miserable old man have given at this moment to have felt his ...
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Page 96 - ... also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail : because man goeth to his long home and the mourners go about the streets...
Page 96 - ... in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, and the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low...
Page 33 - ... because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets : or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it.
Page 31 - Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me ; for I am meek and lowly of heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Page 52 - Thus afraid to trust his grace, Long time did I rebel ; Till despairing of my case, Down at his feet I fell : Then my stubborn heart he broke, And subdued me to his sway ; By a simple word he spoke,
Page 52 - Friends and ministers said much The gospel to enforce ; But my blindness still was such, I chose a legal course : Much I fasted...
Page 33 - For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty : and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Page 56 - Thou always wast the mighty GOD, And ever art the same. 3 Thou turnest man, O LORD, to dust, Of which he first was made; And when thou speak'st the word,' Return,
Page 36 - Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, While the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, When thou shall say, I have no pleasure in them...
Page 30 - Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and live...