Robert Falconer, Band 1;Band 1191868 |
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 112 - Bible, which contains not only the truth, but the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, for this time and for all future time — both here and in the world to come.
Seite 118 - Noo, we hae nae merit, an' they hae nae merit, an' what for are we here and them there? But we're washed clean and innocent noo ; and noo, whan there's no wyte lying upo' oursel's, it seems to me that we micht beir some o' the sins o
Seite 104 - ... Whatever it be that keeps the finer faculties of the mind awake, wonder alive, and the interest above mere eating and drinking, money-making and money-saving; whatever it be that gives gladness, or sorrow, or hope — this, be it violin, pencil, pen, or, highest of all, the love of woman, is simply a divine gift of holy influence for the salvation of that being to whom it comes, for the lifting of him out of the mire and up on the rock. For it keeps a way open for the entrance of deeper, holier,...
Seite 129 - I'll maybe haud up my held a bit yet. But 0 Anerew ! my son ! my son ! Would God I had died for thee...
Seite 117 - I say wrang, jist tak' the speech frae me, and I'll sit doon dumb an' rebukit. We're a' here by grace and no by merit, save His, as ye a' ken better nor I can tell ye, for ye hae been langer here nor me. But it's jist ruggin' an' rivin' at my hert to think o' them 'at's doon there. Maybe ye can hear them. I canna. Noo, we hae nae merit, an' they hae nae merit, an' what for are we here and them there?
Seite 238 - Alas ! one day when he entered his grandmother's parlor, a strange odor greeted his sense. A moment more and he stood rooted with horror, and his hair began to rise on his head. His violin lay on its back on the fire, and a yellow tongue of flame was licking the red lips of a hole in its belly. All its strings were shrivelled up save one, which burst as he gazed. And beside, stern as a Druidess, sat his grandmother in her chair, feeding her eyes with grim satisfaction on the detestable sacrifice.
Seite 116 - ll be some sair upo' them to sit there aitin' an' drinkiu' an' talkin' awa', an' enjoyin' themsel's, whan ilka noo an' than there 'll come a sough o' wailin' up frae the ill place, an' a smell o' burnin' ill to bide." " What put that i' yer heid, laddie ? There's no rizzon to think 'at hell's sae near haven as a' that. The Lord forbid it !" " Weel, but, grannie, they'll ken't a' the same, whether they smell 't or no. An...
Seite 117 - Maister, at the heid o' the table, disna bid me sit doon — an' say : ' Brithers an' sisters, the haill o' ye, hearken to me for ae minute ; an', 0 Lord ! gin I say wrang, jist tak the speech frae me, and I'll sit doon dumb an' rebukit. We're a' here by grace and no by merit, save His, as ye a' ken better nor I can tell ye, for ye hae been langer here nor me.
Seite 118 - ... the throne, and pray the Lord to lat's gang and du as the Maister did afore's, and bier their griefs, and cairry their sorrows doon in hell there ; gin it maybe that they may repent and get remission o