The Sunday Magazine for Family Reading, Volume 1Daldy, Isbister & Company, 1878 |
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Page 73
... face , which was some- what too worn and thin for her age . It was a noticeable face , with its finely - cut features and low broad forehead . Her complexion was a clear cream - colour , with no tinge of red except in her lips , while ...
... face , which was some- what too worn and thin for her age . It was a noticeable face , with its finely - cut features and low broad forehead . Her complexion was a clear cream - colour , with no tinge of red except in her lips , while ...
Page 74
... face on her hands ; and he could see only the low , broad forehead , and the dark hair smoothly braided away from it , and gathered into a thick knot at the back of her small shapely head . He broke the silence after a pause full of ...
... face on her hands ; and he could see only the low , broad forehead , and the dark hair smoothly braided away from it , and gathered into a thick knot at the back of her small shapely head . He broke the silence after a pause full of ...
Page 80
... face ; " it wasn't for love of his father , or of his mother that bore him . Master Dick's sure to come back some day , when he's got no more money to spend , and is tired of earnin ' any . He'll come home yet ; and what will he feel ...
... face ; " it wasn't for love of his father , or of his mother that bore him . Master Dick's sure to come back some day , when he's got no more money to spend , and is tired of earnin ' any . He'll come home yet ; and what will he feel ...
Page 83
... face against a pro- digal ? " " No , sir ; not if he be a true prodigal , " he answered ; " let him come home a true pro- digal , willin ' to be one of th ' hired servants , and he'd be welcome . But Master Dick ' ud never be like that ...
... face against a pro- digal ? " " No , sir ; not if he be a true prodigal , " he answered ; " let him come home a true pro- digal , willin ' to be one of th ' hired servants , and he'd be welcome . But Master Dick ' ud never be like that ...
Page 85
... face , and a slight shake of her head . " She shall take the full length of her tether this once , " she said to herself . She was about to turn back into her house , when she heard her name called in a clear , young , ringing voice ...
... face , and a slight shake of her head . " She shall take the full length of her tether this once , " she said to herself . She was about to turn back into her house , when she heard her name called in a clear , young , ringing voice ...
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Popular passages
Page 292 - For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Page 129 - It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Page 272 - This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Page 165 - Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Page 183 - For the needy shall not always be forgotten : the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Page 88 - Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up...
Page 300 - Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed...
Page 518 - Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see : The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them.
Page 345 - I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, And floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, And my blessing upon thine offspring: And they shall spring up as among the grass, As willows by the water courses.
Page 100 - Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah ; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother ! or, Ah sister ! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord ! or, Ah his glory ! He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.