Diana of the Moorland

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Grosset & Dunlap, 1918 - 317 sider
 

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Side 210 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: which indeed is the least of all seeds : but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Side 179 - The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise. How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks?
Side 307 - ... makes a quest for happiness. She passes through three stages — poverty, wealth and service — and works out a creditable salvation. THE RICH MRS. BURGOYNE. Illustrated by Lucius H. Hitchcock. The story of a sensible woman who...
Side 114 - Give me leave, therefore, without offence, always to live and die in this mind: that he is not worthy to live at all that, for fear or danger of death, shunneth his country's service and his own honour, seeing that death is inevitable and the fame of virtue immortal, wherefore in this behalf mutare vel timere sperno.
Side 316 - A TEXAS RANGER. How a member of the most dauntless border police force carried law into the mesquit, saved the life of an innocent man after a series of thrilling adventures, followed a fugitive to Wyoming, and then passed through deadly peril to ultimate happiness. WYOMING. In this vivid story of the outdoor West the author has captured the breezy charm of "cattleland," and brings out the turbid life of the frontier with all its engaging dash and vigor.
Side 314 - Cup gets down to the essentials in its discussion of religion, so A Far Country deals in a story that is intense and dramatic, with other vital issues confronting the twentieth century. A MODERN CHRONICLE. Illustrated by JH Gardner Soper. This, Mr. Churchill's first great presentation of the Eternal Feminine, is throughout a profound study of a fascinating young American woman.
Side 316 - ... brings out the turbid life of the frontier with all its engaging dash and vigor. RIDGWAY OF MONTANA. The scene is laid in the mining centers of Montana, where politics and mining industries are the religion of the country. The political contest, the love scene, and the fine character drawing give this story great strength and charm. BUCKY O'CONNOR. Every chapter teems with 'wholesome, stirring...
Side 242 - I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron...
Side 315 - lonesome pine" from which the story takes its name was a tall tree that stood n solitary splendor on a mountain top. The fame of the pine, lured a young engineer through Kentucky to catch the trail, and when he finally climbed to its shelter he found not only the pine but the footprints of a girl. And the girl proved to be lovely, piquant, and...
Side 308 - MYRTLE REED'S NOVELS Miy bo hid wluriver books in sold. Ask for finmet & Onalip's list LAVENDER AND OLD LACE. A charming story of a quaint corner of New England where bygone romance finds a modem parallel. The story centers round...

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