The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 98Atlantic Monthly Company, 1906 |
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... poor , The war came nearer to us . At last one night a Confederate cavalry officer slept in our house , — for a few hours , at least ; all the next day Confederate cavalrymen rode by , taking our horses from the stable and emptying the ...
... poor , The war came nearer to us . At last one night a Confederate cavalry officer slept in our house , — for a few hours , at least ; all the next day Confederate cavalrymen rode by , taking our horses from the stable and emptying the ...
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... poor figure among more recent scientific scholars . But he did read , and he took a teacher's profound joy in his pupils who cared for the subject . There were four or five of us , out of twenty or more , who did care for the subject ...
... poor figure among more recent scientific scholars . But he did read , and he took a teacher's profound joy in his pupils who cared for the subject . There were four or five of us , out of twenty or more , who did care for the subject ...
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... Poor little Amy ! " And the mother's voice broke . Her husband had shown an especial tenderness for his first- born daughter . Mrs. Pennington heaved a sympathetic sigh , and stole quietly away . She passed the death chamber with a step ...
... Poor little Amy ! " And the mother's voice broke . Her husband had shown an especial tenderness for his first- born daughter . Mrs. Pennington heaved a sympathetic sigh , and stole quietly away . She passed the death chamber with a step ...
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... Poor Florence says she has absolutely nothing . Tom never could endure black . Will you let me see your suit , dear ? " Nora obediently opened her wardrobe , and took out the garment for inspection . Mrs. Pennington uttered a little ...
... Poor Florence says she has absolutely nothing . Tom never could endure black . Will you let me see your suit , dear ? " Nora obediently opened her wardrobe , and took out the garment for inspection . Mrs. Pennington uttered a little ...
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... Poor little things , " sighed their grand- aunt , her anxious expression relaxing into one of mitigated melancholy . " It may comfort you to have them with you . But don't let them make any noise , Nora . I have tried to keep them quiet ...
... Poor little things , " sighed their grand- aunt , her anxious expression relaxing into one of mitigated melancholy . " It may comfort you to have them with you . But don't let them make any noise , Nora . I have tried to keep them quiet ...
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Page 418 - SAVE me, O God ; for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Page 419 - Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : Who maketh the clouds his chariot: Who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Page 425 - Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him ; he hath put him to grief: When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, He shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
Page 751 - Marlow was not typical (if his propensity to spin yarns be excepted), and to him the meaning of an episode was not inside like a kernel but outside, enveloping the tale which brought it out only as a glow brings out a haze, in the likeness of one of these misty halos that sometimes are made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine.
Page 498 - A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away ; They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day...
Page 420 - My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, And as the stream of brooks they pass away; Which are blackish by reason of the ice, And wherein the snow is hid: What time they wax warm, they vanish: When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
Page 144 - They say that thou wert, lovely from thy birth, Of glorious parents thou aspiring Child : I wonder not, for One then left this earth Whose life was like a setting planet mild, Which clothed thee in the radiance undefiled Of its departing glory ; still her fame Shines on thee, through the tempests dark and wild Which shake these latter days ; and thou canst claim The shelter, from thy Sire, of an immortal name.
Page 419 - Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness ; And Thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : And the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; The valleys also are covered over with corn ; They shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 419 - LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion : bless the LORD, O my soul. PSALM CIV. "DLESS the LORD, O my soul. O LORD *~* my God, thou art very great ; thou art clothed with honour and majesty : Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment : who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain...
Page 418 - COME, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.