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Pagina 9
... glass . Sometimes when he joined us at tea , his duties over for the day , I knew by the glittering eye and rapid utterance , that he had already passed the limits of strict sobriety ; and , splendid as he looked , eloquent as he became ...
... glass . Sometimes when he joined us at tea , his duties over for the day , I knew by the glittering eye and rapid utterance , that he had already passed the limits of strict sobriety ; and , splendid as he looked , eloquent as he became ...
Pagina 28
... glass to banish his present misery and harden his heart once more . this time in vain - the wretched relief came not at his call . He could not hide from his mental vision the But misery he was bringing on those he loved . The 28 FANNY ...
... glass to banish his present misery and harden his heart once more . this time in vain - the wretched relief came not at his call . He could not hide from his mental vision the But misery he was bringing on those he loved . The 28 FANNY ...
Pagina 34
... glass , she presented it , with a pitying look , to Mrs. Lister , who was about to take it in her hand , when a gesture of horror from Mary stopped her . ' “ Not that , mother ; oh , surely not that ! " exclaimed the poor girl ...
... glass , she presented it , with a pitying look , to Mrs. Lister , who was about to take it in her hand , when a gesture of horror from Mary stopped her . ' “ Not that , mother ; oh , surely not that ! " exclaimed the poor girl ...
Pagina 50
... glass of wine ; why should you pledge yourself ? " " To give my influence weight in gaining others . But it would involve more than my individual abstin- ence ; I should try to persuade you to banish all such articles of drink from our ...
... glass of wine ; why should you pledge yourself ? " " To give my influence weight in gaining others . But it would involve more than my individual abstin- ence ; I should try to persuade you to banish all such articles of drink from our ...
Pagina 83
Beulah Kezia Hanson. Lister then that keeps him so much afraid of a glass . Lister you know is a temperance man . But is it a fact that Hamer is going to throw his money away on a portionless girl ? ” " I can only tell you , " answered ...
Beulah Kezia Hanson. Lister then that keeps him so much afraid of a glass . Lister you know is a temperance man . But is it a fact that Hamer is going to throw his money away on a portionless girl ? ” " I can only tell you , " answered ...
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abstinence anguish asked beauty believe better boys called cause child comfort Cottage darling dear Mary dearest death delight distress dreadful drink drunkard earnest Edinburgh Ellen evil exclaimed eyes face Fairfield Fanny father fear feel felt Frank Hamer Frederick Kelly gentle GERALD MASSEY girl glass grief hand happy Harry Mills heard heart hope husband intemperance intoxicated JOHN HEYWOOD Kelly kind knew lady Laura little Allie look Maister Lister Mary Lister Mary's matter mind misery Miss Lister mother mysen Nelly never Newburn night once passed perhaps pleasant pleasure poor present promise regarded replied Robert Turner seemed shewed society soon sorrow suffer sure Susan Susy sweet teetotal teetotaller tell temperance Temperance Band tender thing thought told tone took trembling truth Walter wife William Lister wine wish words Yorkshire young youth
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Pagina 79 - O God ! that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains ; that we should, with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts.
Pagina 132 - Cursed be the social wants that sin against the strength of youth! Cursed be the social lies that warp us from the living truth!
Pagina 356 - I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.
Pagina 38 - What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heart-felt joy, Is virtue's prize: A better would you fix?
Pagina 61 - Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words — health, peace, and competence. But health consists with temperance alone : And peace, O virtue ! peace is all thy own.
Pagina 143 - O madness, to think use of strongest wines, And strongest drinks, our chief support of health, When God with these forbidden made choice to rear His mighty champion, strong above compare, Whose drink was only from the liquid brook ! Sams.
Pagina 110 - Beauty is my Love, Yet in her earnest face There's such a world of tenderness, She needs no other grace.
Pagina 132 - Men make resolves, and pass into decrees The motions of the mind! with how much ease, In such resolves, doth passion make a flaw, And bring to nothing what was raised to law! In empire young, scarce warm on Gotham's throne, The dangers and the sweets of...
Pagina 192 - Hail, social life ! into thy pleasing bounds Again I come to pay the common stock, My share of service, and, in glad return, To taste thy comforts, thy protected joys.
Pagina 324 - Good men have said That sometimes God leaves sinners to their sin,— He has left me to mine, and I am changed; My worst part is insurgent, and my will Is weak .and powerless as a trembling king When millions rise up hungry.