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Page 387
... arms , as she sat , Come kiss me , my dear , said she , with a smile like a sun - beam breaking thro ' the cloud that overshadowed her naturally benign aspect . Why flutters my jewel so ? This preparative sweetness , with her goodness ...
... arms , as she sat , Come kiss me , my dear , said she , with a smile like a sun - beam breaking thro ' the cloud that overshadowed her naturally benign aspect . Why flutters my jewel so ? This preparative sweetness , with her goodness ...
Page 388
... arms round my neck , and my glowing cheek , wet with my tears , close to her own : Let me talk to you , my child ; since silence is your choice , hearken to me , and be silent . You know , my dear , what I every day forego , and undergo ...
... arms round my neck , and my glowing cheek , wet with my tears , close to her own : Let me talk to you , my child ; since silence is your choice , hearken to me , and be silent . You know , my dear , what I every day forego , and undergo ...
Page 526
... arms was in a sling . He also made his fall an apology for returning back to Monkbarns , and thus escaped the further raillery of his uncle , as well as his lamenta- tions for his walking - stick . ' I cut it , ' he said , ' in the ...
... arms was in a sling . He also made his fall an apology for returning back to Monkbarns , and thus escaped the further raillery of his uncle , as well as his lamenta- tions for his walking - stick . ' I cut it , ' he said , ' in the ...
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