Lorette: The History of Louise, Daughter of a Canadian Nun, Exhibiting the Interior of Female ConventsCharles Small, 1834 - 208 páginas |
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... added , " The tale is too long for our present hearing , and must not now be told . " On a subsequent visit to Quebec , a large party proposed the same excursion , again to enjoy a sail upon the Lake . Diganu took his seat in my ca ...
... added , " The tale is too long for our present hearing , and must not now be told . " On a subsequent visit to Quebec , a large party proposed the same excursion , again to enjoy a sail upon the Lake . Diganu took his seat in my ca ...
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... added Louise , " and say no more . It is enough for you to confess your own sins ; and let me beg you not to as- sume my transgressions . Besides , you promised not to let it be known , if possible , to the priest , that you had any ...
... added Louise , " and say no more . It is enough for you to confess your own sins ; and let me beg you not to as- sume my transgressions . Besides , you promised not to let it be known , if possible , to the priest , that you had any ...
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... added , " holy mother of God , have mercy upon us ! " Louise blushed - trembled - hesitated ; but at length replied , " If no other means can be devised to preserve me from my persecutors and dangers , I will place my future comfort in ...
... added , " holy mother of God , have mercy upon us ! " Louise blushed - trembled - hesitated ; but at length replied , " If no other means can be devised to preserve me from my persecutors and dangers , I will place my future comfort in ...
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... added— " the only way by which she can be identified , as the squaws informed me , is by a small cross imme- diately at the top of her forehead . " At the mention of this particular mark , the Pretre fixed upon Diganu one of those ...
... added— " the only way by which she can be identified , as the squaws informed me , is by a small cross imme- diately at the top of her forehead . " At the mention of this particular mark , the Pretre fixed upon Diganu one of those ...
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... added , “ but I bless God , that if he permits my tormentors to make me wretched , he has given me grace to resist all their arts to render me criminal . " Diganu having read the letter , pre- sented it to Chretien for his perusal ...
... added , “ but I bless God , that if he permits my tormentors to make me wretched , he has given me grace to resist all their arts to render me criminal . " Diganu having read the letter , pre- sented it to Chretien for his perusal ...
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Página 166 - I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass...
Página xv - midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam along, the world's tired denizen, With none who bless us, none whom we can bless ; Minions of splendour shrinking from distress!
Página 167 - For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Página 105 - My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
Página 166 - Fear not, I am with thee ; be not dismayed, I am thy God ; I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Página 171 - Should sudden vengeance seize my breath, I must pronounce thee just in death ; And if my soul were sent to hell, Thy righteous law approves it well. 6 Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord, Whose hope, still hovering round thy word, Would light on some sweet promise there, Some sure support against despair.
Página 193 - And hold communion there with God. Night is the time for death; When all around is peace, Calmly to yield the weary breath, From sin and suffering cease; Think of heaven's bliss, and give the sign To parting friends : — such death be mine ! ASPIRATIONS OF YOUTH.
Página 105 - LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. 2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
Página 201 - O that I had wings like a dove ! For then would I fly away, and be at rest.
Página 204 - For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven — that mortality might be swallowed up of life.