The Select Works of Mrs. Ellis ...J. & H.G. Langley, 1845 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admiration affection Agnes Alice amongst Andrew Miller Anna Clare Arnold associations beauty behold better birds blessing brow called character charm child choly colour comfort consola countenance creatures dark daugh deep delight duty earth enjoyment Eskdale evil fairy bower feeling felt flowers habits hand happiness heard heart heaven hope hour human ideas imagination innu kind Lady Forbes Langley less light listen live look Lord Lord Byron Mary melan melancholy ment mind ministers of religion misanthrope moral morning mother nature ness never night object pain passions picture pleasure poet poetical poetry poor racter scene silent smile society soul sound speak spirit sublime suffering sweet tain taste tears tell tence tenderness thee thing thou thought tion truth turned uncon voice walk wandering weary William Clare wish woman words young
Popular passages
Page 130 - Entreat me not to leave thee, Or to return from following after thee ; For whither thou goest, I will go ; And where thou lodgest, I will lodge ; Thy people shall be my people, And thy God, my God ; Where thou diest, will I die, And there will I be buried ; The Lord do so to me, And more also, If aught but death part thee and me.
Page 127 - And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Page 128 - And God heard the voice of the lad ; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear not ; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand ; for I will make him a great nation.
Page 84 - Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide. They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
Page 133 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Page 136 - At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down : at her feet he bowed, he fell ; where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
Page 133 - I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
Page 128 - And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot; for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
Page 127 - After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram : I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
Page 164 - The hell within him ; for within him hell He brings, and round about him, nor from hell One step, no more than from himself, can fly, By change of place ; now conscience wakes despair.