Mysteries of City Life; Or, Stray Leaves from the World's Book: Being a Series of Tales, Sketches, Incidents, and Scenes, Founded Upon the Notes of a Home MissionaryJ.W. Moore, 1849 - 408 strán (strany) |
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Strana 41
... man , had no other name now ; the door opened and he entered ; there was a frown upon his brow ; she caught the electric spark from the darkened cloud , and asked the cause ; his answer was 4 * MYSTERIES OF CITY LIFE . 41.
... man , had no other name now ; the door opened and he entered ; there was a frown upon his brow ; she caught the electric spark from the darkened cloud , and asked the cause ; his answer was 4 * MYSTERIES OF CITY LIFE . 41.
Strana 42
... asked the cause ; his answer was as cold as was brief ; she , the victim of his villany , was the cause she stood in the way of his marriage to an heiress , and ye -that night she left the house . It had snowed hard all day ; toward ...
... asked the cause ; his answer was as cold as was brief ; she , the victim of his villany , was the cause she stood in the way of his marriage to an heiress , and ye -that night she left the house . It had snowed hard all day ; toward ...
Strana 54
... asking alms , and if the passer- by refuse them , he is instantly assailed in language not only vulgar , but profane . Many of these girls who are daily seen in Market and Front streets , are nightly to be seen in the pits of our ...
... asking alms , and if the passer- by refuse them , he is instantly assailed in language not only vulgar , but profane . Many of these girls who are daily seen in Market and Front streets , are nightly to be seen in the pits of our ...
Strana 58
... asked the daughter . " No , my child , unless with what little money a friend has generously loaned me , I can secure a few articles . Ellen , my dear , take your pencil and put them down : first , the sideboard , two beds , sofa ...
... asked the daughter . " No , my child , unless with what little money a friend has generously loaned me , I can secure a few articles . Ellen , my dear , take your pencil and put them down : first , the sideboard , two beds , sofa ...
Strana 60
... asked Mr. Clifford , " then , Sir , why did you not buy it for him ? " Mr. Sunderland was much affected at this little incident . " He little knows how much he has lacerated this heart . But I will purchase the piano for my child . " He ...
... asked Mr. Clifford , " then , Sir , why did you not buy it for him ? " Mr. Sunderland was much affected at this little incident . " He little knows how much he has lacerated this heart . But I will purchase the piano for my child . " He ...
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Strana 64 - Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear ; Robes, and furr'd gowns, hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks : Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it.
Strana 25 - Messiah's name ! 4 Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole : Till o'er our ransom'd nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
Strana 25 - What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown ; The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone...
Strana 382 - For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Strana 264 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, ^ That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
Strana 25 - FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Strana 70 - And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Strana 251 - Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Strana 107 - Of their own limbs : how many drink the cup Of baleful grief, or eat the bitter bread Of misery ! Sore pierc'd by wintry winds, How many shrink into the sordid hut Of cheerless poverty...
Strana 211 - Oh grief, beyond all other griefs, when fate First leaves the young heart lone and desolate In the wide world, without that only tie For which it loved to live or feared to die...