Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Biography for GirlsD. Appleton, 1913 - 310 Seiten This volume contains a biography of Harriet Beecher Stowe geared more toward?adolescent readers. |
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 103 - The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Seite 61 - I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate me from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Seite 65 - THE Lord descended from above, And bowed the heavens most high; And underneath his feet he cast The darkness of the sky. 2 On cherub and on cherubim, Full royally, he rode ; And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad.
Seite 252 - When Israel was in Egypt's land, Let my people go, Oppressed so hard they could not stand, Let my people go.
Seite 43 - I now stand upon the brink of eternity — the more comes back to me the sentence in the Catechism which I learned when a child, and the fuller and deeper its meaning becomes, ' What is the chief end of man? — To glorify God, and enjoy Him for ever.
Seite 212 - Now, Hattie, if I could use a pen as you can, I would write something that would make this whole nation feel what an accursed thing slavery is!
Seite 111 - Is it so?" he said, holding me silently to his heart, as I felt the hot tears fall on my head. "Then has a new flower blossomed...
Seite 81 - To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers: Attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth: at last Words, interwove with sighs, found out their way.
Seite 185 - I want you to come home as quick as you can. The fact is I cannot live without you, and if we were not so prodigious poor I would come for you at once. There is no woman like you in this wide world.
Seite 61 - I can not now describe what have been my feelings before, but on Sunday night I experienced emotions which I can find no language to describe. I seemed carried to heaven, and thought that neither height, nor depth, nor things present, nor things to come, should be able to separate me from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus. Yet, if I feel a degree of joy, I fear to indulge it, and tremble at every emotion of pleasure. Last evening I was almost in heaven, but sunk to earth again by fears that...