Life of Amelia Wilhelmina SievekingLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1863 - 520 sider |
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... certainly had , but , from the extreme stiffness that then prevailed among them , she found little satis- faction in the intercourse with her relatives which gra- titude imposed on her . We may form some idea of the constraint and ...
... certainly had , but , from the extreme stiffness that then prevailed among them , she found little satis- faction in the intercourse with her relatives which gra- titude imposed on her . We may form some idea of the constraint and ...
Side 32
... certainly been extremely defective , and now I was forced to sketch out a plan of instruction entirely for myself . But the having to strike out one's own course , though many errors may be committed , is often preferable to following ...
... certainly been extremely defective , and now I was forced to sketch out a plan of instruction entirely for myself . But the having to strike out one's own course , though many errors may be committed , is often preferable to following ...
Side 47
... certainly above mediocrity . Only about em- broidery and other such little finikin handiworks , I am fairly stupid ; but these I have never reckoned as part of my business , and I always find time to keep my own linen and clothes in ...
... certainly above mediocrity . Only about em- broidery and other such little finikin handiworks , I am fairly stupid ; but these I have never reckoned as part of my business , and I always find time to keep my own linen and clothes in ...
Side 57
... certainly I am not . But groping into its dark passages will do us no good ; upon all that we need to know , there is shed clear and sufficient light ; we must keep to that . " Upon this principle I often have to fall back , and would ...
... certainly I am not . But groping into its dark passages will do us no good ; upon all that we need to know , there is shed clear and sufficient light ; we must keep to that . " Upon this principle I often have to fall back , and would ...
Side 64
... certainly rather grave than mirthful , and for this very reason I make it a principle to seek sources of brightness and mirth out of myself , lest my gravity should degenerate into gloom . I would not be untrue to myself : I make no ...
... certainly rather grave than mirthful , and for this very reason I make it a principle to seek sources of brightness and mirth out of myself , lest my gravity should degenerate into gloom . I would not be untrue to myself : I make no ...
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Life of Amelia Wilhelmina Sieveking: From the German (Classic Reprint) Emma Poel Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2018 |
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acquaintance Altona Amelia Sieveking Association aunt awakened believe Bible blessing brother called certainly character CHOLERA HOSPITAL Christ Christian Church conversation Copenhagen dear death diary Divine Divine grace doubt duties earthly especially eternity faith fear feel felt friends girl give Gustavus Hamburg hand happiness heart heaven Holy hope intercourse interest Johann von Müller Kaiserswerth labours ladies lessons letter live look Lord Lübeck Madame Brünnemann ment mind Minna Hösch Miss Hösch Miss Sieveking Miss Sieveking's morning mother nature never nurse obliged once opinion Othmarschen outward patients persons pleasure poor pupils Queen Queen Caroline racter Rauhe Haus religious scarcely seems sick Siemssen sister SISTERHOOD Sisters of Mercy society soon soul speak spirit strength suffering thank things Thomas à Kempis Thou thought true truth whole wish words writes to Minna young
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Side 77 - As is the smile upon thy face : Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong ; And the most ancient heavens, through Thee, are fresh and strong. To humbler functions, awful Power ! I call thee : I myself commend Unto thy guidance from this hour...
Side 489 - Followed thee up to joy and bliss for ever. Love led them on; and Faith, who knew them best Thy handmaids, clad them o'er with purple beams And azure wings, that up they flew so drest, And speak the truth of thee on glorious themes Before the Judge; who thenceforth bid thee rest, And drink thy fill of pure immortal streams.
Side 489 - WHEN Faith and Love, which parted from thee never, Had ripened thy just soul to dwell with God, Meekly thou didst resign this earthly load Of death, called life, which us from life doth sever.
Side 1 - My fairest child, I have no song to give you ; No lark could pipe to skies so dull and gray : Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever ; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long : And so make life, death, and that vast for-ever One grand, sweet song.
Side 220 - Doth Job fear God for nought? 10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
Side 184 - Then said He unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD ; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain that they may live. So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
Side 172 - Jeremiah did, because of the reproach and derision he met with daily, "and all his familiar friends watched for his halting," to be revenged on him for speaking the truth, he would be forced to confess as he confessed; "his word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones; I was weary with forbearing, and could not stay.
Side 191 - The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh nor whither it goeth, so is every one that is born of the spirit.
Side 511 - The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Side 244 - For whether we live, we live unto the Lord ; « and whether we die, we die unto the Lord ; « whether therefore we live or die, we are the