The Young Woman's Friend, Or, The Duties, Trials, Loves, and Hopes of WomanWentworth, 1857 - 250 pages |
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... leave the sunny flowers That gemmed the sylvan scene , And danced , like fairy revellers , Upon the glittering green , Which almost offered rivalry Unto the bright and glorious sky . She wept- - that all the shining host That gazed upon ...
... leave the sunny flowers That gemmed the sylvan scene , And danced , like fairy revellers , Upon the glittering green , Which almost offered rivalry Unto the bright and glorious sky . She wept- - that all the shining host That gazed upon ...
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... grace and loveliness to that fallen woman seemed to have changed . With her stricken and sinful husband she flees to the groves , gathers the fig leaves , " And , with what skill they had , together EVE AS A FALLEN WOMAN . 19.
... grace and loveliness to that fallen woman seemed to have changed . With her stricken and sinful husband she flees to the groves , gathers the fig leaves , " And , with what skill they had , together EVE AS A FALLEN WOMAN . 19.
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... of man . But we leave these points , to consider her at In ancient Rome stood This divinity had six The Altars of Piety . the temple of Vesta . priestesses , who were chosen for their beauty , in- 24 THE YOUNG WOMAN'S FRIEND .
... of man . But we leave these points , to consider her at In ancient Rome stood This divinity had six The Altars of Piety . the temple of Vesta . priestesses , who were chosen for their beauty , in- 24 THE YOUNG WOMAN'S FRIEND .
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... leave her alone in this world . length the parting came . It was sad , but not final . The mother had hope . She saw her daughter move , not down into the tomb , but up into glory . I have read somewhere a mother's dream . I found ...
... leave her alone in this world . length the parting came . It was sad , but not final . The mother had hope . She saw her daughter move , not down into the tomb , but up into glory . I have read somewhere a mother's dream . I found ...
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... leave these matters to the decision of older and more experienced persons . This servant went to Na- hor , and stood by a well which was a great place of resort , and to which females were accus- tomed to come for water . As he stood ...
... leave these matters to the decision of older and more experienced persons . This servant went to Na- hor , and stood by a well which was a great place of resort , and to which females were accus- tomed to come for water . As he stood ...
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Abigail Abraham adorn altar beautiful behold blessing Boaz bosom bound called cast character child Christ Christian countenance daugh daughter death deeds Delilah drunkard drunkard's wife duty earth Esau father feelings female Florence Nightingale flowers friends girl give grace grief Hagar hand happy hath heard heart heaven holy hope husband influence intemperance Isaac Jacob Jephthah John Bunyan Laban lady LAURA GREENWOOD live look Lord marriage married mind Moab moral Nabal Nahor Naomi ness never night noble Orpah parents person Philistines piety pleasure poor prayer Queen of Sheba Rachel REBECCA EATON Rebekah religion religious Roselle Ruth Samson Sarai says sisters of charity society sorrow soul speak spirit tears tender thee thing thou Timnath tion told took true unto VALLEY OF SOREK virtues voice weep wives woman women words young youth
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Page 113 - Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss ; Ah, that maternal smile, it answers yes...
Page 147 - Oh, how unlike the complex works of man, Heaven's easy, artless, unencumber'd plan ! No meretricious graces to beguile, No clustering ornaments to clog the pile ; From ostentation as from weakness free, It stands like the cerulean arch we see, Majestic in its own simplicity. Inscribed above the portal, from afar Conspicuous as the brightness of a star, Legible only by the light they give, Stand the soul-quickening words — BELIEVE, AND LIVE.
Page 71 - And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place. And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye ? And they said, Of Haran are we. And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him. And he said unto them, Is he well ? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
Page 18 - As when a wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapour, which the night Condenses, and the cold environs round, Kindled through agitation to a flame, Which oft, they say, some evil spirit attends, Hovering and blazing with delusive light, Misleads the amazed night-wanderer from his way To bogs and mires, and oft through pond or pool, There swallow'd up and lost, from succour far...
Page 91 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God; where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 108 - For this child I prayed ; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him : therefore also I have lent him to the Lord ; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord.
Page 47 - Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me; Still all my song shall be. Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!
Page 19 - Queen of this universe ! do not believe Those rigid threats of death : ye shall not die : How should you?
Page 24 - Man for the field and woman for the hearth : Man for the sword and for the needle she : Man with the head and woman with the heart: Man to command and woman to obey; All else confusion.
Page 151 - Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal : for as his name is, so is he ; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him : but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.