Joshua Haggard's daughter, by the author of 'Lady Audley's secret'., Volume 1John Maxwell, 1876 |
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Page 80 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Page 10 - Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Page 25 - For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, The Lord is our king ; he will save us.
Page 132 - Let your women keep silence in the churches : for it is not permitted unto them to speak ; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
Page 25 - Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
Page 67 - O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
Page 66 - Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave ; thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the tomb.
Page 67 - Praise the Lord with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
Page 243 - Thus lived — thus died she ; never more on her Shall sorrow light, or shame. She was not made Through years or moons the inner weight to bear, Which colder hearts endure till they are laid By age in earth : her days and pleasures were Brief, but delightful — such as had not staid Long with her destiny ; but she sleeps well By the sea-shore, whereon she loved to dwell.
Page 42 - He thought more of the man, perhaps, than of the prayer for ' this sinner wandering darkly,' but he was impressed. He had thought of Joshua Haggard hitherto as- a smooth-tongued canting rascal, who improved his business prospects by a pretence of sanctity. Brought for the first time in his life face to face with the man, he was moved to wonder at and even to respect him. Having said his prayer, Joshua went to change his clothes, which had dried upon him; and when this was done it was tea-time, and...