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Page 233 - For my heart was hot and restless, And my life was full of care, And the burden laid upon me Seemed greater than I could bear. But now it has fallen from me, It is buried in the sea; And only the sorrow of others Throws its shadow over me.
Page 138 - But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
Page 56 - Brought in the olden time from France, and since, as an heirloom, Handed down from mother to child, through long generations. But a celestial brightness — a more ethereal beauty — Shone on her face and encircled her form, when, after confession, Homeward serenely she walked with God's benediction upon her. When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
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Page 176 - midst the throng, Seemed reckless all of dance or song : He was a youth of dusky mien, Whereon the Indian sun had been, Of crested brow, and long black hair — A stranger, like the Palm-tree...
Page 274 - ... most hostile spirit, the most mistrustful and least sympathetic, to read it through without being glad of having done so, or having begun it. or even glanced at almost any one of its pages, to pass it away unread."— New Monthly Magazine (London).
Page 94 - All was ended now, the hope, and the fear, and the sorrow, All the aching of heart, the restless, unsatisfied longing, All the dull, deep pain, and constant anguish of patience ! And, as she pressed once more the lifeless head to her bosom, Meekly she bowed her own, and murmured,
Page 138 - The heavens show forth the glory of God, and the firmament declareth the work of his hands.
Page 271 - Improved and better adapted to the nse of American Engineers. On this account, the size of the page has been increased to a full 12mo, to admit of larger Illustrations, which, in the English edition, are often on too small a scale ; and some of the Illustrations...