Mr. Dalton's legatee, a very nice woman, Volumen1

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Página 65 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom ; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Página 65 - WHO can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Página 46 - Yes ! let them pass without a sigh; And if the world seem dull and dry, If long and sad thy lonely hours, And winds have rent thy sheltering bowers, Bethink thee what thou art and where— A sinner in a life of care ! The fire of God is soon to fall (Thou know'st it) on this earthly ball: Full many a soul, the price of blood, Mark'd by th...
Página 46 - No — rather steel thy melting heart To act the martyr's sternest part, To watch, with firm unshrinking eye, Thy darling visions as they die, Till all bright hopes, and hues of day, Have faded into twilight gray.
Página 182 - My son, if thou come to serve the Lord, prepare thy soul for temptation. Set thy heart aright, and constantly endure, and make not haste in time of trouble.
Página 64 - I do believe," said Lute Branch, "that the women are going to have to do the milking." 'And after that cook up a little mess of victuals, I hope, I hope," said Miller Quinch. "A virtuous woman," Dewey Fields said, "is a crown to her husband. Her price is far above rubies." Pretty soon it was dark. The third complication of that day came in the several persons of the Regulators. These were a kind of Ku Klux Klan, an imitation KU Klux Klan maybe, for they wore sheets and hoods but their business (so...

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