Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe Families, of the Past and Present in the United States and the Canadas, from 1630 to 1881

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Page 476 - As you are now so once was I; As I am now so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me.
Page 38 - Fleet street, and which were made the dingier by their own iron bars proper, and the heavy shadow of Temple Bar. If your business necessitated your seeing 'the House,' you were put into a species of Condemned Hold at the back, where you meditated on a misspent life, until the House came with its hands in its pockets, and you could hardly blink at it in the dismal twilight.
Page 315 - So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth : it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace...
Page 52 - I've never seen you ; Pray unmask, your visage show, Then I'll tell you aye or no. I will not my face uncover Till the marriage ties are over ; Therefore, choose you which you will, Wed me, sir, or try your skill. Step within that pleasant bower, With your friend one single hour ; Strive your thoughts to reconcile, And I'll wander here the while.
Page 315 - And it shall come to pass in that day that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
Page 512 - ... dock-yards, the quantity of artillery and warlike stores, and the number of soldiers, sailors, and ships of war there, and transmit the earliest intelligence to General Washington...
Page 38 - Tcllson's down two steps, and came to your senses in a miserable little shop, with two little counters, where the oldest of men made your cheque shake as if the wind rustled it, while they examined the signature by the dingiest of windows, which were always under a shower-bath...
Page 64 - I gave New Roxbury the name of Woodstock, because of its nearness to Oxford, for the sake of Queen Elizabeth, and the notable meetings that have been held at the place bearing that name in England, some of which Dr.
Page 51 - ... The fair lady came, it seems. At the bottom of a mountain, Near a pleasant crystal fountain, There she left her gilded coach, While the grove she did approach. Covered with her mask, and walking, There she met her lover talking, With a friend that he had brought, So she asked him whom he sought. I am challenged by a gallant, Who resolves to try my talent ; Who he is I cannot say, But I hope to show him play.
Page 610 - Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his conch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams !

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