A Place in Thy Memory
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781154120189
Paperback|9781154120189
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856. Excerpt: ... Oh, every body is so kind to me Thank you for that sweet assurance, that this dark' ness does not cloud the hearts of my friends, that it does not make them love me less; their love and sympathy are all that bind me to earth. They are God's gifts, and I do prize them. They spring up every where now, but will it be always so? God grant it may Heaven bless you, and all yours' Cousin Will: --I am glad you have at last begun to paste your scraps. I have written, according to your request, the following little address, which if you please you may copy neatly, and place upon the first page; and when your book is completed, I will write for you the close. The accompanying engravings are some which I selected for my own use, but 1 do not care for them now. You must border them with gilt, and intersperse them through your book; they will both relieve and ornament its pages. TO MY SCRAP-BOOK. I found thee amidst a multitude--a nameless, blank, unmeaning thing; with a look expressing nought but cold neglect. Perchance it was pity moved me; or the kind feeling of the good Samaritan. Be that as it may, I passed thee not by, but have brought thee to my own hojie; anJ henceforth We will be Friends, dwelling together in unity and love. Thou shall be to me a silent companion, sharing all my joys and sorrows; and I will gather for thee from the storehouse of knowledge; I will enrich thee with the unfading beauties of thought--with treasures of intellect; and the holy fires of feeling and love, hope and ambition, too, shall be thine. Upon thy heart will be written indelibly the laws of gratitude and the great rule of right; and thou wilt speak a language pure as lisped by angel-tongues. Thy lessons of wisdom I will make the mottoes of my life. I will bind them about my hea...
| ISBN-13 | 9781154120189 |
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| ISBN-10 | 115412018X |
| Weight | 0.24 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.15 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 64 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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