High Aims Or, Studies from the Annals of Christian EndeavourJames Nisbet & Company, 1884 - 368 pages |
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Page 346 - ... and a calm smile, made him desist. Later on, after he had been spitting in through the window, I inquired with great solicitude the cause of his eyes being so dreadfully bruised. He told me, and since I haven't been troubled with him. He may turn up again, but eventually I shall have him as an ally. A little girl of about four years of age ; it would be impossible to convey in words an adequate idea of the debased, low, cunning beaming from her eyes. The little sinful soul overflowing the countenance;...