Outrageous Fortune: Being the Story of Evelyn Grey, Hospital NurseGreening, 1900 - 285 էջ |
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... felt most keenly in my family circle , especially as a brilliant scholastic career , for which I had been designed ( without having shown the slightest aptitude for any one branch of study ) , was thus effectually closed to me for ever ...
... felt most keenly in my family circle , especially as a brilliant scholastic career , for which I had been designed ( without having shown the slightest aptitude for any one branch of study ) , was thus effectually closed to me for ever ...
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... felt ; the impassioned discourse of a preacher , fast becoming popular for his wonderful perfervid addresses - all these worked upon and appealed to a nature that was already wrought to an intensely nervous pitch , until at last , after ...
... felt ; the impassioned discourse of a preacher , fast becoming popular for his wonderful perfervid addresses - all these worked upon and appealed to a nature that was already wrought to an intensely nervous pitch , until at last , after ...
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... felt that I had indeed found a friend in the person of the Rev. James Claverton . I soon became absorbed in my new work . It was in vain that the various members of my family stigmatised it as a piece of " uninspired tomfoolery , " or ...
... felt that I had indeed found a friend in the person of the Rev. James Claverton . I soon became absorbed in my new work . It was in vain that the various members of my family stigmatised it as a piece of " uninspired tomfoolery , " or ...
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... felt , for he added , " My sermon will be for you . Remember that whatever I say will be intended for you , as particularly as if I were talking with you alone in my study . " Then , with a few more words about the decorations , he left ...
... felt , for he added , " My sermon will be for you . Remember that whatever I say will be intended for you , as particularly as if I were talking with you alone in my study . " Then , with a few more words about the decorations , he left ...
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... felt strangely embarrassed , and only wished to bring the interview to a close as soon as possible . So I said , rapidly , " Give me the address . I must go . It is getting so late . Oh , don't detain me , Mr. Claverton , don't , please ...
... felt strangely embarrassed , and only wished to bring the interview to a close as soon as possible . So I said , rapidly , " Give me the address . I must go . It is getting so late . Oh , don't detain me , Mr. Claverton , don't , please ...
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Էջ 275 - I publish the Banns of Marriage between M. of , and N. of . If any of you know cause, or just impediment, why these two persons should not be joined together in holy Matrimony, ye are to declare it.
Էջ 125 - Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
Էջ 180 - From all evil and mischief ; from sin, from the crafts and assaults of the devil ; from thy wrath, and from everlasting damnation, Good Lord, deliver us.
Էջ 180 - Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers ; neither take thou vengeance of our sins : spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever.
Էջ 111 - This restless, curling head from off your breast, This lisping tongue that chatters constantly ; If from your own the dimpled hands had slipped, And ne'er...
Էջ 196 - O REST in the Lord, wait patiently for him, and he shall give thee thy heart's desire.
Էջ 254 - It is said that the sins of the fathers shall be visited upon the children to the third and fourth generation.
Էջ 8 - A Man Adrift' is such a record. Presumably the adventures are real ; they have all the vividness of reality at all events, and one follows the hardships and wanderings of the narrator with keen interest. . . . Mr Kennedy is to be congratulated on his ' Man Adrift.'" County Gentleman. — " This is the book of a strong man. It has vigour, originality and power, and comes as a refreshing change after the maudlin sentimentality of most modern stories. . . . Mr Kennedy has a characteristic style. He...
Էջ 116 - I knew what I was going to do. I was going to let the warning from old Doc slide, and I intended to go into Amity and see what was what.
Էջ 190 - ... that his wife had so much faith in his love as not to be afraid, though he held a drawn sword to her heart ? Yes, he must have been pleased. And so was God pleased to see him put so much faith in his care, when the storm was raging, and the ship seemed like being destroyed. The Bible tells us to " cast our bread upon the waters, and we shall find it after many days.