Mysteries of City Life; Or, Stray Leaves from the World's Book: Being a Series of Tales, Sketches, Incidents, and Scenes, Founded Upon the Notes of a Home MissionaryJ.W. Moore, 1849 - 408 sider |
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Side 36
... Father ! and have we no friend " Do not repine , Mary ; God is all merciful , he is all just . Hark ! some one is at the door . " So there was , and it was Mr. B. Did he enter this poor hovel as the pompous man of wealth ? No. He came ...
... Father ! and have we no friend " Do not repine , Mary ; God is all merciful , he is all just . Hark ! some one is at the door . " So there was , and it was Mr. B. Did he enter this poor hovel as the pompous man of wealth ? No. He came ...
Side 39
... father were in his grave ; what will become of him when he finds all that he loved , all that he treasured most , is lost to him forever . " 66 Say not so , Mary , you only give up the dull , cold routine of a country life for the gay ...
... father were in his grave ; what will become of him when he finds all that he loved , all that he treasured most , is lost to him forever . " 66 Say not so , Mary , you only give up the dull , cold routine of a country life for the gay ...
Side 40
... father . " * * * It was twelve o'clock , the moon shone very bright - not a cloud passed over the pale sickly hue of ... father's feelings ? why picture a parent's grief ? -who can tell of his sleepless nights , and his horrid dreams of ...
... father . " * * * It was twelve o'clock , the moon shone very bright - not a cloud passed over the pale sickly hue of ... father's feelings ? why picture a parent's grief ? -who can tell of his sleepless nights , and his horrid dreams of ...
Side 42
... father - breathed forth his name , asked and obtained forgiveness . * * * See yon line of carriages , prancing steeds , and gay dressed horsemen , usher in a splendid cavalcade ; and see the bridegroom , who leads his fairy looking ...
... father - breathed forth his name , asked and obtained forgiveness . * * * See yon line of carriages , prancing steeds , and gay dressed horsemen , usher in a splendid cavalcade ; and see the bridegroom , who leads his fairy looking ...
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... father seats himself beside his cheerful fire , and hands over to his wife the hard earnings of the week , and she , good dame , with sparkling eyes and eager steps sets about the laying it out to the best advantage , with a strict eye ...
... father seats himself beside his cheerful fire , and hands over to his wife the hard earnings of the week , and she , good dame , with sparkling eyes and eager steps sets about the laying it out to the best advantage , with a strict eye ...
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Side 64 - Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear ; Robes, and furr'd gowns, hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks : Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it.
Side 25 - Messiah's name ! 4 Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole : Till o'er our ransom'd nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
Side 25 - What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown ; The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone...
Side 382 - For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Side 264 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, ^ That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
Side 25 - FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Side 70 - And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Side 251 - Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Side 107 - Of their own limbs : how many drink the cup Of baleful grief, or eat the bitter bread Of misery ! Sore pierc'd by wintry winds, How many shrink into the sordid hut Of cheerless poverty...
Side 211 - Oh grief, beyond all other griefs, when fate First leaves the young heart lone and desolate In the wide world, without that only tie For which it loved to live or feared to die...