Little Alfred, Or, The Influence of Home TrainingWilliam Oliphant & Company, 1870 - 159 Seiten |
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 39 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I -will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore If thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou sha.lt heap coals of fire on his head.
Seite 99 - Not there, not there, my child! "Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy! Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy ; Dreams cannot picture a world so fair — Sorrow and death may not enter there : Time doth not breathe on its fadeless bloom, For beyond the clouds, and beyond the tomb, — It is there, it is there, my child!
Seite 12 - Could raise the daisy's purple bud ! Mould its green cup, its wiry stem, Its fringed border nicely spin, And cut the gold-embossed gem, That, set in silver, gleams within ! And fling it, unrestrained and free, O'er hill and dale, and desert sod, That man, where'er he walks, may see...
Seite 12 - Could raise the daisy's purple bud, Mould its green cup, its wiry stem, Its fringed border nicely spin, And cut the...
Seite 59 - Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Seite 152 - The light of Sabbath eve Is fading fast away ; What record will it leave, To crown the closing day ? Is it a Sabbath spent Fruitless, and vain, and void ? Or have these moments lent, Been sacredly employed...
Seite 69 - He carried the poor animal home, bandaged up his leg, and, after two or three days, turned him out. The dog returned to the surgeon's house every morning till his leg was perfectly well. At the end of several months the spaniel again presented himself, in company with another dog...
Seite 119 - That best of gifts — a humble heart. Remember, too, that you must pray, And watch and labour every day : Nor think it wearisome or hard, To be for ever on your guard. No; every morning must begin With resolutions not to sin ; And every evening recollect How much you've failed in this respect.
Seite 31 - He was insulted every day, Though all his words were kind; But nothing men could do or say, Disturbed his heavenly mind.
Seite 65 - One day a gentleman, long resident in this country, espied five young beavers sporting in the water, leaping upon the trunk of a tree, pushing one another off, and playing a thousand interesting tricks. He approached softly under cover of the bushes, and prepared to fire on the unsuspecting creatures, but a nearer approach discovered to him such a similitude betwixt their gestures and the infantile caresses of his own children, that he threw aside his gun. This gentleman's feelings are to be envied,...