A Grandfather's Legacy: Containing a Sketch of His Life and Obituary Notices of Some Members of His Family, Together with Letters from His Friends

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H. Polkinhorn, Printer, 1879 - 551 pàgines
 

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Pàgina 103 - And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
Pàgina 273 - Bring flowers, pale flowers, o'er the bier to shed, A crown for the brow of the early dead ! For this through its leaves hath the white rose burst, For this in the woods was the violet nursed ! Though they smile in vain for what once was ours, They are love's last gift — bring ye flowers, pale flowers ! Bring flowers to the shrine where we kneel in prayer, They are nature's offering, their place is there!
Pàgina 25 - Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.
Pàgina 518 - THE harp that once through Tara's halls The soul of music shed, Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls As if that soul were fled. So sleeps the pride of former days, So glory's thrill is o'er, And hearts that once beat high for praise Now feel that pulse no more.
Pàgina 34 - That an amount sufficient to refund said expenses so incurred be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. That...
Pàgina 273 - Bring flowers, fresh flowers, for the bride to wear, They were born to blush in her shining hair ; She is leaving the home of her childhood's mirth, She hath bid farewell to her father's hearth : Her place is now by another's side. Bring flowers for the locks of the fair young bride...
Pàgina 40 - IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said party of the first part hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal the day and year first above written.
Pàgina 550 - Is there a variance ? enter but his door, Balk'd are the courts, and contest is no more. Despairing quacks with curses fled the place, And vile attorneys, now an useless race.
Pàgina 37 - WITNESSETH, that the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of One Dollar, lawful money of the United States, to him in hand paid by the said party of the second part, at and before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt...
Pàgina 550 - But clear and artless, pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain. Whose causeway parts the vale with shady rows? Whose seats the weary traveller repose ? Who taught that Heav'n-directed spire to rise? " The Man of Ross,

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