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... garden , lent For Heaven's high trust to train young heart and limb ? ” LYRA INNOCENTIUM . LONDON : JOSEPH MASTERS , ALDERSGATE STREET , AND NEW BOND STREET . MDCCCLX . 249.4.277 LONDON : PRINTED BY JOSEPH MASTERS AND CO . ,
... garden , lent For Heaven's high trust to train young heart and limb ? ” LYRA INNOCENTIUM . LONDON : JOSEPH MASTERS , ALDERSGATE STREET , AND NEW BOND STREET . MDCCCLX . 249.4.277 LONDON : PRINTED BY JOSEPH MASTERS AND CO . ,
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... heart which prevented his attending to the remainder of the speech . Since his mother's death five years had passed , during which he had scarcely ever heard her men- tioned , and then only with a sort of reverential reserve , as one ...
... heart which prevented his attending to the remainder of the speech . Since his mother's death five years had passed , during which he had scarcely ever heard her men- tioned , and then only with a sort of reverential reserve , as one ...
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... heart of twelve years old could stand out against such a weight of sadness . Mrs. Branscombe cast a glance of annoyance to- wards the crumbs with which Nial's manner of eating had plentifully bestrewn the floor ; but her husband ...
... heart of twelve years old could stand out against such a weight of sadness . Mrs. Branscombe cast a glance of annoyance to- wards the crumbs with which Nial's manner of eating had plentifully bestrewn the floor ; but her husband ...
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... heart's content , and have as many merry romps as she liked with her little brothers in the old play - room , or the spacious garden . No one thought scorn of her childish fancies about fairies and water - spirits ; no one checked her ...
... heart's content , and have as many merry romps as she liked with her little brothers in the old play - room , or the spacious garden . No one thought scorn of her childish fancies about fairies and water - spirits ; no one checked her ...
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... heart to receive in- struction ; " day by day in her own home she was taught to put into practice the holy principles thus meekly learned . Obedience , reverence , respect for parents , Sibyl had understood the meaning of these words ...
... heart to receive in- struction ; " day by day in her own home she was taught to put into practice the holy principles thus meekly learned . Obedience , reverence , respect for parents , Sibyl had understood the meaning of these words ...
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