Alice Gray, Or, The Ministrations of a ChildSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1855 - 195 pages Twelve-year-old Alice Gray touches the lives of her friends with acts of loving kindness. |
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... Nurse Gaythorn ( or " Nanny Nurse , ” as she was usually called in the family ) , startled alike out of her propriety and her English by the unexpected accusation , and coming out with her native broad Scotch , as she always did when ...
... Nurse Gaythorn ( or " Nanny Nurse , ” as she was usually called in the family ) , startled alike out of her propriety and her English by the unexpected accusation , and coming out with her native broad Scotch , as she always did when ...
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... Nurse Herbert departed by the afternoon coach ; and , after sitting with Lady Beatrice some time , Alice took her tea - pot basket , and set off for a walk , Nanny Nurse accompanying her ( as it was to a cottage beyond the bounds ) ...
... Nurse Herbert departed by the afternoon coach ; and , after sitting with Lady Beatrice some time , Alice took her tea - pot basket , and set off for a walk , Nanny Nurse accompanying her ( as it was to a cottage beyond the bounds ) ...
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... Nanny Nurse as to befitting garments for Miss Alice's journey to London . Mr. Gray had made it a con- dition of Alice's going , that Nurse Gaythorn should accompany her ; and not a little . delighted was she at the prospect of an ex ...
... Nanny Nurse as to befitting garments for Miss Alice's journey to London . Mr. Gray had made it a con- dition of Alice's going , that Nurse Gaythorn should accompany her ; and not a little . delighted was she at the prospect of an ex ...
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... Nanny Nurse as best she might , she proceeded to take off her things , and descended again with no little trepidation to the schoolroom . When she entered , Mademoiselle was making tea , and Beatrice sitting by her ; while a little fair ...
... Nanny Nurse as best she might , she proceeded to take off her things , and descended again with no little trepidation to the schoolroom . When she entered , Mademoiselle was making tea , and Beatrice sitting by her ; while a little fair ...
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... Nurse Gaythorn together , and Alice burst into tears ; the first tears she had shed that day , and a blessed relief ... Nanny Nurse from overdoing themselves with their attentions to him . Alice seemed grown out of a child into a woman ...
... Nurse Gaythorn together , and Alice burst into tears ; the first tears she had shed that day , and a blessed relief ... Nanny Nurse from overdoing themselves with their attentions to him . Alice seemed grown out of a child into a woman ...
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Page 30 - For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently ? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
Page 11 - ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL." 7-6. i things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all.
Page 188 - WE watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we...
Page 185 - HERE we suffer grief and pain, Here we meet to part again, In heaven we part no more...
Page 69 - THE day is cold, and dark, and dreary ; It rains, and the wind is never weary ; The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is dark and dreary.
Page 97 - We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best.
Page 28 - The tear, down Childhood's cheek that flows, Is like the dew-drop on the rose ; When next the summer breeze comes by, And waves the bush, the flower is dry.
Page 50 - WHEN is the time for prayer ? With the first beams that light the morning sky, Ere for the toils of day thou dost prepare, Lift up thy thoughts on high; Commend thy loved ones to His watchful care: Morn is the time for prayer.
Page 195 - Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him. Let him know, that he which converteth a sinner from the error of his ways, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins...
Page 195 - Abide with me from morn till eve, For without Thee I cannot live , Abide with me when night is nigh, For without Thee I dare not die.