Life's contrasts; or, The four homes

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Pàgina 95 - There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead...
Pàgina 153 - Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And lookest narrowly unto all my paths ; Thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
Pàgina 173 - Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. " Woe unto the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Pàgina 95 - Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise.
Pàgina 190 - Christmas with the Poets. A Collection of Songs, Carols, and Descriptive Verses relating to the Festivals of Christmas, from the Anglo-Norman Period to the Present Time. Embellished with 53 Tinted Illustrations by BIRKET FOSTER.
Pàgina 9 - Her lot is on you — to be found untired, Watching the stars out by the bed of pain, With a pale cheek, and yet a brow inspired, And a true heart of hope, though hope be vain ; Meekly to bear with wrong, to cheer decay, And, oh ! to love through all things. Therefore pray ! And take the thought of this calm vesper time, With its low murmuring sounds and silvery light, On through the dark days fading from their prime, As a sweet dew to keep your souls from blight ! Earth will forsake — oh ! happy...
Pàgina 188 - BEETON'S BOOK of POULTRY & DOMESTIC ANIMALS, showing How to Rear and Manage in Sickness and in Health— Pigeons, Poultry, Ducks, Turkeys, Geese, Rabbits, Dogs, Cats, Squirrels, Fancy Mice, Tortoises, Bees, Silkworms, Ponies, Donkeys, Inhabitants of the Aquarium, &c. %* This Volume contains upwards of One Hundred Engravings and Five Coloured Plates from Water-Colour Drawings by HARRISON WEIR.
Pàgina 131 - Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall loathe yourselves in your own sight, for your iniquities and for your abominations.
Pàgina 186 - ENGLISHWOMAN'S COOKERY BOOK absolutely unapproachable in point of excellence and cheapness. There are infinitely -more Recipes in this volume than in any other Cheap Cookery Book, their accuracy is beyond question, and the addition of these Coloured Plates removes all possibility of successful rivalry which may be attempted by imitative and meretricious displays.
Pàgina 186 - Now Ready, handsomely bound, price Ы. 6rf. each. 1. ALL ABOUT COOKERY : Being a Dictionary of Every-day Cookery. By Mrs. ISABELLA BEETON. 2. ALL ABOUT EVERYTHING- : Being a Dictionary of Practical Recipes and Every-day Information. An entirely New Domestic Cyclopaedia, arranged in Alphabetical Order, and usefully Illustrated.

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