"All's Not Gold that Glitters", Or, The Young CalifornianD. Appleton, 1854 - 214 páginas |
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Página 106 - All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
Página 58 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take; The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning Providence He hides a smiling face.
Página 202 - Lay not up for yourself treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal...
Página 201 - Since I have always placed my trust Beneath thy mercy's wing, Thy saving health will come; and then My heart with joy shall spring.
Página 201 - JJOW long wilt thou forget me, Lord ? Must I for ever mourn? How long wilt thou withdraw from me, Oh! never to return? 2...
Página 95 - ... to the influence of the ale-tap. " You will drive me frantic with your ridiculous and unseasonable mirth. If you have anything to communicate likely to relieve my sorrow and anxiety, in the name of common sense speak out, man.
Página 106 - ... again appear on that floor of transparent stone, varied here and there by the tortuous courses of currents stealing far away with a strange mysterious interest in their wanderings, till they are lost in the hot mist that confounds at no great distance sea and sky. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor sense nor motion, As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
Página 131 - Ben and himself, King Philip and his followers had always seemed finely formed, stern and resolute braves, — it would be hard to transform the thoughtless, degraded Californian natives into warriors, even in imagination.
Página 213 - O let us give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good, and his mercy endurcth for ever. We particularly bless thec for that goodness which has protected us, and provided lor us the past day.
Página 149 - Sam to think for an instant, how much better it would have been for them all if his father had been as good and contented as their mother was...