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" I took a little flower off the hillock and kissed it, and went my way like the bird that had just lighted on the cross by me, back into the world again. "
The North British Review - Page 250
1864
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The history of Henry Esmond, esq., written by himself. (By W.M. Thackeray).

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1852 - 378 pages
...confolation. Might fhe fleep in peace — might lhe fleep in peace ; and we, too, when our ftruggles and pains are over ! But the earth is the Lord's, as the heaven is ; we are alike His Requiefcat. 247 creatures, here and yonder. I took a little flower off the hillock, and kifled it,...
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The Church of England quarterly review, Volume 33

1853 - 528 pages
...the chapel of the sisters hard by: others had long since filled the place which poor Marie Madeleine once had there, were kneeling at the same stall, and...But the earth is the Lord's, as the heaven is; we arc alike His creatures, here and yonder. I took a little flower off the hillock and kissed it, and...
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The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., ... Written by Himself

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1858 - 504 pages
...hymns and prayers in which her stricken heart had found consolation. Might she sleep in peace — might she sleep in peace ; and we, too, when our struggles...creatures here and yonder. I took a little flower oft' the hillock, and kissed it, and went my way, like the bird that had just lighted on the cross...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 81

1864 - 650 pages
...hymns and prayers in which her stricken heart had found consolation. Might she sleep in peace — might she sleep in peace ; and we, too, when our struggles...over ! But the earth is the Lord's as the heaven is ; wo are alike his creatures here and yonder. I took a little flowcroff the hillock and kissed it,...
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Spare Hours

John Brown - 1866 - 454 pages
...and prayers in which her stricken heart had found consolation. Might she sleep in peace, — might she sleep in peace ; and we, too, when our struggles...back into the world again. Silent receptacle of death I tranquil depth of calm, out of reach of tempest and trouble. I felt as one who had been walking below...
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Spare Hours: John Leech, Marjorie Fleming and other papers

John Brown - 1866 - 466 pages
...and prayers in which her stricken heart had found consolation. Might she sleep in peace, — might she sleep in peace ; and we, too, when our struggles...little flower off the hillock and kissed it, and went I my way like the bird that had just lighted on the cross by me, back into the world again. Silent...
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English Composition and Rhetoric: A Manual

Alexander Bain - 1867 - 352 pages
...hymns and prayers in which her stricken heart had found consolation. Might she sleep in peace — might she sleep in peace ; and we, too, when our struggles...are alike his creatures here and yonder. I took a little_ flower off the hillock and kissed it, and went my way like the bird that had just lighted on...
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A manual of expressive reading

John Daniel Morell - 1874 - 336 pages
...hymns and prayers in which her stricken heart had found consolation. Might she sleep in peace — might she sleep in peace ; and we too, when our struggles...kissed it, and went my way like the bird that had iust lighted on the cross by me, back into the world again. Silent receptacle of death ! tranquil6...
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Anecdote Biographies of Thackeray and Dickens

Richard Henry Stoddard - 1874 - 336 pages
...and prayers in which her stricken heart had found consolation. Might she sleep in peace, — might she sleep in peace ; and we, too, when our struggles and pains are over 1 But the earth is the Lord's as the heaven is ; we are alike his creatures here and yonder. I took...
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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Volume 7

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1879 - 482 pages
...hymns and prayers in which her stricken heart had found consolation. Might she sleep in peace — might she sleep in peace ; and we, too, when our struggles...alike his creatures here and yonder. I took a little REQUIESCAT. 26g flower off the hillock and kissed it, and went my way, like the bird that had just...
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