What a strange power there is in silence! How many resolutions are formed — how many sublime conquests effected — during that pause when the lips are closed, and the soul secretly feels the eye of her Maker upon her ! When some of those cutting, sharp,... Grantley Manor - Page 36by Lady Georgiana Fullerton - 1847 - 315 pagesFull view - About this book
| Education - 1849 - 206 pages
...When some of these cutting, shar •,, blighting words have been spoken which send the hot indigna • blood to the face and head, if those to whom they are address keep bilcuce, look on with awe, for a mighty work is going < : within them, and the spirit... | |
| Mrs. Henry S. Mackarness - Brothers and sisters - 1853 - 424 pages
...the only being the other had almost hated ! CHAPTER XXI. " What a strange power there is in silence! When some of those cutting, sharp, blighting words...send the hot, indignant blood to the face and head, and those who are addressed keep silence ; look on with awe, for a mighty work is going on within them,... | |
| Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...Maker upon her ! When some of those cutting, sharp, blighting words have been spoken which send tho hot indignant blood to the face and head, if those...on ) within them, and the spirit of evil, or their piardian-angel, is тегу near to them in that • hour. During that pause they have made a ¡step... | |
| David Thomas - 1863 - 750 pages
...effected — during that pause, when the lips are closed, and the soul secretly feels the eye of lier Maker upon her ! When some of those cutting, sharp,...with awe, for a mighty work is going on within them, anil the spirit of evil, or their guardian angel, is very near to them in He knew the ntter futility... | |
| James Comper Gray - 1871 - 442 pages
...Indicative of his suspicions ; ie, that Christ was what he had asked Him. The power of silence. — What a strange power there is in silence! How many...going on within them, and the spirit of evil, or their guardian-angel, is very near to them in that hour. During that pause they have made a step toward heaven... | |
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