A Voice from the NewsboysPublished for the benefit of the author, 1860 - 135 sider |
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Side 47
... asked if they did not want a hand . The captain told him to fall to work , and he was soon busy in his new employ- ment . I saw him for a few hours one year after this event ; he had kept up his sea - life , and told me that on the next ...
... asked if they did not want a hand . The captain told him to fall to work , and he was soon busy in his new employ- ment . I saw him for a few hours one year after this event ; he had kept up his sea - life , and told me that on the next ...
Side 50
... asked ; with this money we bought a lot of matches , as our stock in trade , and commenced business on our own hook . That night we got along by paying for a trip on one of the Fulton ferry boats , and A TREACHEROUS HOSTESS . 51 then ...
... asked ; with this money we bought a lot of matches , as our stock in trade , and commenced business on our own hook . That night we got along by paying for a trip on one of the Fulton ferry boats , and A TREACHEROUS HOSTESS . 51 then ...
Side 53
... asked if I had nothing else , and I answered that I had , and paid my fare in other money . When he returned the gold piece , I looked at it very closely , supposing that it was brass , and that the person who put it into my hand was ...
... asked if I had nothing else , and I answered that I had , and paid my fare in other money . When he returned the gold piece , I looked at it very closely , supposing that it was brass , and that the person who put it into my hand was ...
Side 54
... asked for ; but he fell short of the amount twenty - five cents ; and when he had failed in his attempts to borrow this amount , he concluded , seeing that he could not impose upon me , to undeceive me , and informed me of the true ...
... asked for ; but he fell short of the amount twenty - five cents ; and when he had failed in his attempts to borrow this amount , he concluded , seeing that he could not impose upon me , to undeceive me , and informed me of the true ...
Side 55
... asked per- mission to attend Sunday school . I had attended Sunday school a number of times , having been induced to do so in the following way : A gentleman once met me while I was peddling , and asked me to attend his school ; he gave ...
... asked per- mission to attend Sunday school . I had attended Sunday school a number of times , having been induced to do so in the following way : A gentleman once met me while I was peddling , and asked me to attend his school ; he gave ...
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Side 23 - Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss ; Ah, that maternal smile, it answers yes...
Side 123 - Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; 2.
Side 23 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse, that bore thee, slow, away, And turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? — It was. — Where thou art gone, Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return.
Side 124 - And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low ; Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the...
Side 124 - ... also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets...
Side 124 - I have no pleasure in them ; while the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain : in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, and the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low...
Side 124 - ... and the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low...