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... died on the fifteenth of November , 1832 , of gene- ral decay , aged seventy - six . The public feeling , which had sup- ported her for so many years , did not desert her in death . The tasteful part of that vicinity had previously ...
... died on the fifteenth of November , 1832 , of gene- ral decay , aged seventy - six . The public feeling , which had sup- ported her for so many years , did not desert her in death . The tasteful part of that vicinity had previously ...
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... dying friend , far from his chosen home . Let him speak , who has committed to the bosom of the deep , with a sudden , startling plunge , the narrow shroud of some relative or companion . Let such speak , and they will tell you , that ...
... dying friend , far from his chosen home . Let him speak , who has committed to the bosom of the deep , with a sudden , startling plunge , the narrow shroud of some relative or companion . Let such speak , and they will tell you , that ...
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... died not long since , in a good old age . The anecdotes of that campaign would fill many volumes . The baroness of Reidesel has pub- lished a graphic account of the battle . Her husband com- manded the German troops under Burgoyne . The ...
... died not long since , in a good old age . The anecdotes of that campaign would fill many volumes . The baroness of Reidesel has pub- lished a graphic account of the battle . Her husband com- manded the German troops under Burgoyne . The ...
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... died of old age . For a few years before her death , she had been afflicted with blindness , but this did not change her temper . She said that the great disposer of events had done all this to detach her from the world , and to teach ...
... died of old age . For a few years before her death , she had been afflicted with blindness , but this did not change her temper . She said that the great disposer of events had done all this to detach her from the world , and to teach ...
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... of a high order , died of a decline , on the eighteenth of July , 1817 , in her forty - second year ; and her virtues are held in sweet remembrance . JOAN D'ALBERT , queen of Navarre , daughter of Henry 44 FEMALE BIOGRAPHY .
... of a high order , died of a decline , on the eighteenth of July , 1817 , in her forty - second year ; and her virtues are held in sweet remembrance . JOAN D'ALBERT , queen of Navarre , daughter of Henry 44 FEMALE BIOGRAPHY .
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Page 15 - On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; E'en from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th...
Page 46 - And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
Page 16 - Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife : there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
Page 70 - When I behold the heavens as in their prime, And then the earth, though old, still clad in green, The stones and trees insensible of time, Nor age nor wrinkle on their front are seen; If winter come, and greenness then do fade, A spring returns, and they more youthful made. But man grows old, lies down, remains where once he's laid.
Page 15 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind...
Page 299 - THE playful smiles around the dimpled mouth, That happy air of majesty and truth, So would I draw : but oh ! 'tis vain to try ; My narrow genius does the power deny. The equal lustre of the heavenly mind, Where every grace with every virtue's...
Page 432 - It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Page 89 - But if you have already determined of me, and that not only my death, but an infamous slander must bring you the enjoying of your desired happiness ; then I desire of God, that he will pardon your great sin therein, and likewise mine...
Page 188 - Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Page 50 - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts : for the Coming of the Lord draweth nigh.