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Pagina 20
... matter of course that we should not be many days apart . It was but seldom Mary could leave home to spend any time with me , but Mrs. Lister made me very welcome to her house , for Mary , she said , had no com- panions , and she was so ...
... matter of course that we should not be many days apart . It was but seldom Mary could leave home to spend any time with me , but Mrs. Lister made me very welcome to her house , for Mary , she said , had no com- panions , and she was so ...
Pagina 26
... matter to induce her to change it . Having thus looked in upon Mary and her mother , let us turn back and accompany Mrs. Dent on her errand of sorrow . She , kind soul ! is urging Tom to drive as fast as possible , shrinking all the ...
... matter to induce her to change it . Having thus looked in upon Mary and her mother , let us turn back and accompany Mrs. Dent on her errand of sorrow . She , kind soul ! is urging Tom to drive as fast as possible , shrinking all the ...
Pagina 31
... matter ? How ill you look ! None of the children - I hope - surely my husband cannot have intruded upon you ? " " Dear Missis , " said Mrs. Dent , in wavering accents , " I'm the bearer of heavy tidings . How shall I tell you ? Mr ...
... matter ? How ill you look ! None of the children - I hope - surely my husband cannot have intruded upon you ? " " Dear Missis , " said Mrs. Dent , in wavering accents , " I'm the bearer of heavy tidings . How shall I tell you ? Mr ...
Pagina 37
... matters connected with the comfort of those for whom we waited . I had just drawn the easy chair closer to the fire , directed Nelly to brush up the hearth , and placed the furred slippers - waiting in vain for their wearer - within the ...
... matters connected with the comfort of those for whom we waited . I had just drawn the easy chair closer to the fire , directed Nelly to brush up the hearth , and placed the furred slippers - waiting in vain for their wearer - within the ...
Pagina 48
... matters , that to destroy the evil we must entirely remove the cause . That cause people believed to be , weakness ... matter to introduce to Mrs. Lister , but Mary began cautiously . " Mamma , would you object to my inviting Mrs. Bell ...
... matters , that to destroy the evil we must entirely remove the cause . That cause people believed to be , weakness ... matter to introduce to Mrs. Lister , but Mary began cautiously . " Mamma , would you object to my inviting Mrs. Bell ...
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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.