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Side 38
... morning of your days , to cultivate a habit of never leaving till to - morrow , not merely what absolutely ought to be done to - day , but that which might as well be done to - day ; do it , and it will be done . " On that occasion I ...
... morning of your days , to cultivate a habit of never leaving till to - morrow , not merely what absolutely ought to be done to - day , but that which might as well be done to - day ; do it , and it will be done . " On that occasion I ...
Side 55
... morning to the tradesman as he goes behind the counter , ―to the merchant , as he sits down at the desk , -to the artisan , as he enters the workshop , -this voice , which re- minds them all that God's eye is upon them from morning to ...
... morning to the tradesman as he goes behind the counter , ―to the merchant , as he sits down at the desk , -to the artisan , as he enters the workshop , -this voice , which re- minds them all that God's eye is upon them from morning to ...
Side 68
... morning to examine them . But the captain did not arrive with the horses until a quarter after five , when he was told by the groom that the President was there at five , and was then fulfilling other en- gagements . Pease , much ...
... morning to examine them . But the captain did not arrive with the horses until a quarter after five , when he was told by the groom that the President was there at five , and was then fulfilling other en- gagements . Pease , much ...
Side 87
... morning , when a gun from the Pinta gave the joyful signal of land . It was first discovered by a mariner named Rodrigo de Triano , but the reward was afterwards adjudged to the admiral , for having previously perceived the light . The ...
... morning , when a gun from the Pinta gave the joyful signal of land . It was first discovered by a mariner named Rodrigo de Triano , but the reward was afterwards adjudged to the admiral , for having previously perceived the light . The ...
Side 88
... morning light would reveal a savage wilderness , or dawn upon spicy groves , and glittering fanes , and gilded cities , and all the splendour of oriental civilization . 1 When and where was Columbus born ? | Admiral , and not to the ...
... morning light would reveal a savage wilderness , or dawn upon spicy groves , and glittering fanes , and gilded cities , and all the splendour of oriental civilization . 1 When and where was Columbus born ? | Admiral , and not to the ...
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Side 235 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast — The desert and illimitable air — Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At' that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near.
Side 68 - This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Side 267 - Not as a child shall we again behold her ; For when with raptures wild In our embraces we again enfold her, She will not be a child ; But a fair maiden, in her Father's mansion, Clothed with celestial grace ; And beautiful with all the soul's expansion Shall we behold her face. And though at times impetuous with emotion And anguish long suppressed, The swelling heart heaves moaning like the ocean, That cannot be at rest, — We will be patient, and assuage the feeling We may not wholly stay ; By...
Side 14 - And, behold, there was a great earthquake; for the angel of the Lord descended from Heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
Side 225 - The names of those who love the Lord." "And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so,
Side 272 - Who sank thy sunless pillars deep in earth? Who filled thy countenance with rosy light? Who made thee parent of perpetual streams?
Side 272 - Who gave you your invulnerable life, Your strength, your speed, your fury, and your joy, Unceasing thunder and eternal foam? And who commanded (and the silence came), Here let the billows stiffen, and have rest?
Side 299 - She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death.
Side 266 - Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapors Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps.
Side 303 - So went to bed : where eagerly his sickness Pursued him still ; and, three nights after this, About the hour of eight, (which he himself Foretold should be his last, ) full of repentance, Continual meditations, tears, and sorrows, He gave his honours to the world again, His blessed part to heaven, and slept in peace.