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... Village 93 The Mariner's Compass 99 The Smut in the Corn 101 The Serpent's Tail and its Head 107 The Ivy 110 The Tracks in the Clay 112 Singing 116 The Times • Bamborough Castle Uprightness is true Prosperity The Man in the Mask The ...
... Village 93 The Mariner's Compass 99 The Smut in the Corn 101 The Serpent's Tail and its Head 107 The Ivy 110 The Tracks in the Clay 112 Singing 116 The Times • Bamborough Castle Uprightness is true Prosperity The Man in the Mask The ...
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... village in the west . accustomed to the country , every object was interesting to him . He walked across the green and sat on the bench under the trees , where the aged people of the village , at the going down of the sun , often got ...
... village in the west . accustomed to the country , every object was interesting to him . He walked across the green and sat on the bench under the trees , where the aged people of the village , at the going down of the sun , often got ...
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... , the neat cottages , the blacksmith's shop , the village green , the pleasant fields , and the churchyard , nor did he forget to speak of the bald - headed sexton . But it is wonderful how E 38 THE BALD - HEADED SEXTON . • soon ...
... , the neat cottages , the blacksmith's shop , the village green , the pleasant fields , and the churchyard , nor did he forget to speak of the bald - headed sexton . But it is wonderful how E 38 THE BALD - HEADED SEXTON . • soon ...
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... village . Old scenes bring back to our remembrance many things which we had forgotten ; and this was the case with Abel : the sight of the village church directly brought with it the figure of the bald- headed sexton . The very first ...
... village . Old scenes bring back to our remembrance many things which we had forgotten ; and this was the case with Abel : the sight of the village church directly brought with it the figure of the bald- headed sexton . The very first ...
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... village , or a town , there is an end to it : but where is the end to the raging of the tongue ? " The tongue is a fire , a world of iniquity , " James iii . 6. It spreads far and wide , it compasses sea and land , and no engine can ...
... village , or a town , there is an end to it : but where is the end to the raging of the tongue ? " The tongue is a fire , a world of iniquity , " James iii . 6. It spreads far and wide , it compasses sea and land , and no engine can ...
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Page 2 - LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
Page 109 - As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
Page 237 - Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith ; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Page 94 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 58 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Page 224 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 50 - OsING unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.
Page 271 - Being, who is infinitely more than an adequate object of all those affections : whom we are commanded to love with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind.
Page 17 - Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
Page 18 - Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion ; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.