The Works of Mrs. Sherwood: Being the Only Uniform Edition Ever Published in the United States ...Harper & Brothers, 1837 |
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Page 36
... opened to me by a footman who was in the hall , and I was advancing to kiss my daughter , who was making the tea , when from an inner apartment , which , according to the London fashion , was separated from the outer by folding doors ...
... opened to me by a footman who was in the hall , and I was advancing to kiss my daughter , who was making the tea , when from an inner apartment , which , according to the London fashion , was separated from the outer by folding doors ...
Page 55
... opened two doors , one of which conducted to the old ladies ' bedroom , where two small beds with patchwork hangings stood side by side ; and where sundry old chests and wardrobes , arranged in due order , contained many relics of ...
... opened two doors , one of which conducted to the old ladies ' bedroom , where two small beds with patchwork hangings stood side by side ; and where sundry old chests and wardrobes , arranged in due order , contained many relics of ...
Page 76
... opened to me by a waiter , I found myself the next minute in the presence of my nieces . The moment my name was announced by the waiter , who knew me well , the young people came forward , and we embraced each other before we had time ...
... opened to me by a waiter , I found myself the next minute in the presence of my nieces . The moment my name was announced by the waiter , who knew me well , the young people came forward , and we embraced each other before we had time ...
Page 77
... opened more to Catharine than to her cousin , although it weighed in a scale which no man can use - there was perhaps as much or more solid worth in the one as in the other . Rebecca had a face , features , and a complexion which ought ...
... opened more to Catharine than to her cousin , although it weighed in a scale which no man can use - there was perhaps as much or more solid worth in the one as in the other . Rebecca had a face , features , and a complexion which ought ...
Page 80
... opened his eyes wide on the occasion ; but turn- ing to go out , I missed Rebecca , and found that she had got to the bottom of the shop , and that the shopboy had climbed upon some steps , to lift down for her a cer- tain dusty volume ...
... opened his eyes wide on the occasion ; but turn- ing to go out , I missed Rebecca , and found that she had got to the bottom of the shop , and that the shopboy had climbed upon some steps , to lift down for her a cer- tain dusty volume ...
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Page 147 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page 73 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 320 - What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Page 320 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut doWn, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
Page 313 - Thy people also shall be all righteous : they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation : I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
Page 323 - Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
Page 332 - But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him; for the Lord seeth not as man seeth ; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Page 168 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
Page 172 - This spotless robe the same appears When ruined nature sinks in years ; No age can change its glorious hue, The robe of Christ is ever new. Oh, let the dead now hear Thy voice ; Bid, Lord, Thy banished ones rejoice ; Their beauty this, their glorious dress, Jesus, the Lord our Righteousness.
Page 147 - My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction : For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth,