A Snuff-box Full of Trees: & Some Apocryphal EssaysDodd, Mead, 1909 - 91 páginas |
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... the Tennysons . " My mother wrote in April , " he says , " A. and I went out to fix a spot in our garden where the Wellingtonia should be planted by him ( given to A. by the Duchess of Suther- 6 A SNUFF - BOX FULL OF TREES.
... the Tennysons . " My mother wrote in April , " he says , " A. and I went out to fix a spot in our garden where the Wellingtonia should be planted by him ( given to A. by the Duchess of Suther- 6 A SNUFF - BOX FULL OF TREES.
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... fixed forever . There is , perhaps , another disquieting thought : What will become of our friend in heaven ? and what peace and happiness , what transports of delight will he find there to compensate him for his woes and troubles here ...
... fixed forever . There is , perhaps , another disquieting thought : What will become of our friend in heaven ? and what peace and happiness , what transports of delight will he find there to compensate him for his woes and troubles here ...
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... fixed their facts . But from the proven wonders which they have taught us it may be permitted to a mere lay- man to seek some conclusions . nature . That any individual existing on this earth is egotistic , is most human . It is a part ...
... fixed their facts . But from the proven wonders which they have taught us it may be permitted to a mere lay- man to seek some conclusions . nature . That any individual existing on this earth is egotistic , is most human . It is a part ...
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... of the worlds , which lie beyond our orbit and our ken . Professor Newcomb has given us a most clear object lesson whereby we may picture the importance and the distances of the fixed stars , those 20 THE EGOTISM OF THE EARTH.
... of the worlds , which lie beyond our orbit and our ken . Professor Newcomb has given us a most clear object lesson whereby we may picture the importance and the distances of the fixed stars , those 20 THE EGOTISM OF THE EARTH.
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... fixed star on this imaginary map ? It is another apple , way out beyond and far beyond San Francisco . And that is the near- est fixed star . Forty feet separate the earth from the Sun , while thousands of miles mark the nearest limit ...
... fixed star on this imaginary map ? It is another apple , way out beyond and far beyond San Francisco . And that is the near- est fixed star . Forty feet separate the earth from the Sun , while thousands of miles mark the nearest limit ...
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Página 10 - But some man will say, How are the dead raised up ? and with what body do they come? Thou fool! That which thou sowest is not quickened except it die. And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be. . . But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him. . . It is sown in corruption; it is
Página 39 - Blessed Lord, who hath caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them, that by patience, and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. It is
Página 57 - when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass and got him home, to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself and died.
Página 44 - 6. And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
Página 54 - Then he called hastily to the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, ' Draw thy sword and slay me, that men say not of me, a woman slew him.' And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
Página 43 - heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. 5. And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. 6. And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
Página 10 - He is not dead, this friend,—not dead,— But in the path we mortals tread Got some few trifling steps ahead And nearer to the end. So, that you, too, once past the bend Shall meet again, as face to face, this friend You fancy dead.
Página 47 - he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live ? and I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest,
Página 54 - Draw thy sword and slay me, that men say not of me, a woman slew him.' And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
Página 46 - one of the most magnificent passages in Holy Writ, that, namely, which describes the death of Sisera : At her feet he bowed, he fell: at her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down; where he bowed, there he fell down dead,