Grace Ogilvie: the story of a child's life in India during the Mutiny |
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There , on the steps , stood a crowd of servants dressed in snow - white robes ,
whose dark complexions and jet - black hair formed a strange contrast to the little
' golden - haired fairy before them . Very beautiful she looked , the soft evening ...
There , on the steps , stood a crowd of servants dressed in snow - white robes ,
whose dark complexions and jet - black hair formed a strange contrast to the little
' golden - haired fairy before them . Very beautiful she looked , the soft evening ...
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Grace was a remarkable child in that eastern clime , where dark luxuriant hair
and black eyes are universal . The common people and the servants ,
accustomed only to the sight of their own dusky companions , looked upon her as
a marvel ...
Grace was a remarkable child in that eastern clime , where dark luxuriant hair
and black eyes are universal . The common people and the servants ,
accustomed only to the sight of their own dusky companions , looked upon her as
a marvel ...
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God , " I answered , softly . “ He lit them long ago . It was very dark then , Gracie ;
there was no sun , no moon , no stars AT HOME IN CALCUTTA .
God , " I answered , softly . “ He lit them long ago . It was very dark then , Gracie ;
there was no sun , no moon , no stars AT HOME IN CALCUTTA .
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there was no sun , no moon , no stars ; all was dark . Then a voice said , ' Let
there be light , ' and the light came at once . Then the same voice that had called
the light into being appointed the stars to rule the night ; and there they are , so
high ...
there was no sun , no moon , no stars ; all was dark . Then a voice said , ' Let
there be light , ' and the light came at once . Then the same voice that had called
the light into being appointed the stars to rule the night ; and there they are , so
high ...
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He , who brings light out of darkness , might one day so form the soul of that dark
Hindoo woman that , hereafter , she might shine as the stars in light . Here was a
woman built up in all the bigotry and superstition of heathenism . She hears a ...
He , who brings light out of darkness , might one day so form the soul of that dark
Hindoo woman that , hereafter , she might shine as the stars in light . Here was a
woman built up in all the bigotry and superstition of heathenism . She hears a ...
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animal arrived asked beautiful became Boxoo bright called Carlo child Christmas closed Colonel Ogilvie cried dark dear death delight earth England English escape eyes face faithful father fear feel fell figure flowers followed friends garden girl give Grace Gracie grew hand happy head heard heart heaven Hindoo hope horse hour Indian killed kind knew land laugh leave light live looked mamma meet mind morning nearer never night officers once papa passed poor prayers quiet reached remember rest ride river round saved scene seemed seen servants shouted side sleep smile soon sorrow soul stars stood story strange Tara tell things thought told trees true turned village voice waiting watched waves weary whispered wife woman wonderful wood
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Стр. 56 - If aught should tempt my soul to stray From heavenly wisdom's narrow way, To fly the good I would pursue, Or do the sin I would not do, — Still He, who felt temptation's power, Shall guard me in that dangerous hour.
Стр. 124 - 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 seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. " ' Our very hopes belied our fears ; Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died.
Стр. 107 - And I saw no temple therein : for the Lord God Almighty and the Limb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it : for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Стр. 31 - What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of GOD are strewn ; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.
Стр. 92 - Where grief may find a balm, and weariness a rest? Faith, Hope, and Love, best boons to mortals given, Waved their bright wings, and whispered — " Yes, in Heaven ! * Charles Mackay.
Стр. 15 - Gentle Jesus, meek and mild, Look upon a little child ; Pity my simplicity, Suffer me to come to thee. Fain I would to thee be brought, Gracious Lord, forbid it not : In the kingdom of thy grace Give a little child a place.
Стр. 92 - Tell me, my secret soul; —oh! tell me, Hope and Faith, Is there no resting-place from sorrow, sin, and death? — Is there no happy spot, where mortals may be blessed, Where grief may find a balm, and weariness a rest? Faith, Hope, and Love, best boons to mortals given, Waved their bright wings, and whispered —
Стр. 19 - The leaf-tongues of the forest, the flowerlips of the sod, The happy birds that hymn their rapture in the ear of God, The summer wind that bringeth music...
Стр. 32 - the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty...
Стр. 30 - Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days.