 | Mark Twain - 1871 - 700 pagina’s
...disappointment, he died before I was born — six thousand brief summers before I was born. But let us try to bear it with fortitude. Let us trust that he...soldier who was of the military, guard that attended the crucifixion to keep order, and who — when the vail of the Temple was rent in the awful darkness... | |
 | Samuel Sullivan Cox - 1876 - 406 pagina’s
...six thousand brief summers before I was born. But let us try to bear it with fortitude. Let us trust he is better off where he is. Let us take comfort in the thought that his loss is our eternal gain." This is the humorous sublime ! It is lachrymosely and comically magnificent! This is only equaled by... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1879 - 696 pagina’s
...disappointment, he died before I was born—six thousand brief summers before I was born. But let us try to bear it with fortitude. Let us trust that he...that attended at the Crucifixion to keep order, and who—when the vail of the Temple was rent in the awful darkness that followed; when the rock of Golgotha... | |
 | C. T. B. - 1879 - 466 pagina’s
...disappointment, he died before he was born — six thousand brief years before I was born. But let us try to bear it with fortitude. Let us trust that he...us take comfort in the thought that his loss is our great gain." After seeing Adam, and then Eve, we could not rouse the same emotions in us as affected... | |
 | 1872 - 586 pagina’s
...disappointment, he died, before I was born — six thousand brief summers before I was born. But let us try to bear it with fortitude. Let us trust that he...in the thought that his loss is our eternal gain. Readers who care to read this book for themselves will find themselves amply repaid for their investment... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1883 - 422 pagina’s
...disappointment, he died before I was born — six thousand brief summers before I was born. But let us try to bear it with fortitude. Let us trust that he...us take comfort in the thought that his loss is our gain. KEEPING HIS WORD. Mark Twain. " ONLY a penny box," he said : But the gentleman turned away his... | |
 | 1888 - 742 pagina’s
...disappointment, he died before I was born — six thousand brief summers before I was born. But let us try to bear it with fortitude. Let us trust that he...in the thought that his loss is our eternal gain. REV. CREAM CHEESE AND THE NEW LIVERY. A LETTER FROM MRS. POTIPHAR TO MISS CAROLINE PETTITOES. BY GEORGE... | |
 | William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Francis Trevelyan Miller - 1905 - 1454 pagina’s
...SORROW AND DISAPPOINTMENT, HE DIED BEFORE I WAS BORN— SIX THOUSAND BRIEF SUMMERS BEFORE I WAS BORNLET US TAKE COMFORT IN THE THOUGHT THAT HIS LOSS IS OUR ETERNAL GAIN Samuel Langhorne Clemens THE POWER OF SONG IN AMERICAN LIFE FOSTERING THE LOVE OF MUSIC IN THE CHILD-MIND... | |
 | 1897 - 1030 pagina’s
...six thousand brief summers before I was born. But let us try to bear it with fortitude. Let us trust he is better off where he is. Let us take comfort in the thought that his loss is our eternal gain." Adrian, St. His festival, together with that of his wife, St. Natalia, occurs September 8, the anniversary... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 536 pagina’s
...— six thousand brief summers before I was born. But let me try to bear it with fortitude. Let me trust that he is better off where he is. Let us take...thought that his loss is our eternal gain. — The Innocents Abroad. THE GRANGERFORDS' PICTURES. They had pictures hung on the walls — mainly Washingtons... | |
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... through Holy Land. Noble old man — he did not live to see me — he did not live to see his child. And I — I — alas, I did not live to see him. Weighed down by sorrow and disappointment, he died before I was born — six thousand brief summers... 
