Sketch of Connecticut, Forty Years SinceOliver D. Cooke & Sons., 1824 - 278 páginas |
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... hope . But for this anxiety it had been written , in the infinite councils , that there was no need . In one week , all these beloved beings were laid in the grave . In one week , and the arms of the mourning parents remained forever ...
... hope . But for this anxiety it had been written , in the infinite councils , that there was no need . In one week , all these beloved beings were laid in the grave . In one week , and the arms of the mourning parents remained forever ...
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... hope , which is an anchor to the soul . " Like the patriarch Joseph , he " gave commandment concerning his bones . " He had selected , during health , a spot for his interment ; and his dying request was , that all the royal family ...
... hope , which is an anchor to the soul . " Like the patriarch Joseph , he " gave commandment concerning his bones . " He had selected , during health , a spot for his interment ; and his dying request was , that all the royal family ...
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... hope . " She paused , to wipe the tears that were escaping down her cheeks ; and recollecting herself , said , " I ought to ask pardon , for talking so much about my own poor con- cerns . " Madam L perceiving that her brother was ...
... hope . " She paused , to wipe the tears that were escaping down her cheeks ; and recollecting herself , said , " I ought to ask pardon , for talking so much about my own poor con- cerns . " Madam L perceiving that her brother was ...
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... hope that the Lord would take me up in my distresses . " And I thank Him who gave me strength unto the end ; for their aged eyes blessed me , when their voice was lost in death . Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days ...
... hope that the Lord would take me up in my distresses . " And I thank Him who gave me strength unto the end ; for their aged eyes blessed me , when their voice was lost in death . Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days ...
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... idols that cannot save . Ah ! what if this short life were all of it sorrow , if when it endeth , we might carry with us a hope that can never fail , a * 8 FORTY YEARS SINCE . 89 parched lips could scarcely utter an articulate sound. ...
... idols that cannot save . Ah ! what if this short life were all of it sorrow , if when it endeth , we might carry with us a hope that can never fail , a * 8 FORTY YEARS SINCE . 89 parched lips could scarcely utter an articulate sound. ...
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Sketch of Connecticut, Forty Years Since Lydia Howard Sigourney,Jerusha Lathrop Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Términos y frases comunes
abode Amariah amid battle beams beautiful beneath benevolence blessed blood bosom bowed breath brother brow Champé Christian Church of England clergyman comfort command Connecticut countenance dark daugh death deep dragoon Earl Cornwallis earth exclaimed faith father fear forehead gave gratitude grave habits hand hath head heard heart Heaven holy holy order honour horse Indian indolence Jehoiakim John Cooper king knew labour Lady larn Lenni-Lenape lifted Ma'am Madam Madam L Martha Maurice mind Mohegan morning mother mourn native neighbouring ness never night Occom Oneco Oriana parents Pequots piety Pompey possessed prayer Primus religion replied returned Sassacus scarcely seemed seen sick smile soldiers solemn sorrow soul spirit suffered sword tears tender thee Thou art thought tion toil tones tribe Uncas Uncon unto uttered voice waters wound young Zachary
Pasajes populares
Página 15 - November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh; The short'ning winter-day is near a close; The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose: The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree; Th' expectant...
Página 24 - Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Página 177 - For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Página 257 - ... THEY sin who tell us Love can die ; With life all other passions fly — All others are but vanity. In heaven ambition cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the vaults of hell ; Earthly these passions of the earth, They perish where they have their birth.
Página 236 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the gentiles, and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Página 276 - But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life.
Página 153 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Página 95 - And unknown regions dare descry : Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy.
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Breaking Boundaries: New Perspectives on Women's Regional Writing Sherrie A. Inness,Diana Royer Vista de fragmentos - 1997 |