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... Annette Murchison embracing me , she is so exasperatingly affectionate . " 66 Why cannot you take kindness as it is meant , you naughty little thing ? " said Mildred playfully , " Miss Devereux says Annette would be very fond if you ...
... Annette Murchison embracing me , she is so exasperatingly affectionate . " 66 Why cannot you take kindness as it is meant , you naughty little thing ? " said Mildred playfully , " Miss Devereux says Annette would be very fond if you ...
Page 223
... Annette , and play a duett with her if she asks you ; and don't treat Sir Leonard to any whimsicalities ; and don't whisk about like a wild fairy instead of walking steadily like a reasonable mortal , and in fact don't do anything ...
... Annette , and play a duett with her if she asks you ; and don't treat Sir Leonard to any whimsicalities ; and don't whisk about like a wild fairy instead of walking steadily like a reasonable mortal , and in fact don't do anything ...
Page 235
... Annette Murchison had lent her , and over the contents of which she made herself very merry as they walked along . " What do you think the book winds up with ? " she asked , glancing mischievously at the boys , something so ' sweetly ...
... Annette Murchison had lent her , and over the contents of which she made herself very merry as they walked along . " What do you think the book winds up with ? " she asked , glancing mischievously at the boys , something so ' sweetly ...
Page 236
... Annette admires all this dreadful rubbish ? " " She does though , and that is just the reason why she is not my beloved , I will not have a friend who is so silly . Do you think I ought , Harold ? " Being such a feminine Solon yourself ...
... Annette admires all this dreadful rubbish ? " " She does though , and that is just the reason why she is not my beloved , I will not have a friend who is so silly . Do you think I ought , Harold ? " Being such a feminine Solon yourself ...
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... Annette . I wonder whether she will approve of the poems I have written for her ; she begged me to copy my favourites , and I have done so- " John Gilpin to wit ? " inquired Harold . " " " I know what I should have written for her ...
... Annette . I wonder whether she will approve of the poems I have written for her ; she begged me to copy my favourites , and I have done so- " John Gilpin to wit ? " inquired Harold . " " " I know what I should have written for her ...
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Page 303 - He gave us eyes to see them, and lips that we might tell how great is God almighty, who has made all things well...
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Page 68 - WHENE'ER a noble deed is wrought, Whene'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts, in glad surprise, To higher levels rise. The tidal wave of deeper souls Into our inmost being rolls, And lifts us unawares Out of all meaner cares.