Margaret and Elizabeth: A Story of the SeaH.S. King & Company, 1873 - 339 páginas |
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... steps to prepare her darlings ' breakfast . She stood before the little square looking - glass that hung beside the window , and made her thick fair hair into two great shining plaits , that she fastened close to her head with a ...
... steps to prepare her darlings ' breakfast . She stood before the little square looking - glass that hung beside the window , and made her thick fair hair into two great shining plaits , that she fastened close to her head with a ...
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... step , so light and firm , seemed to express a deter- mination to enjoy heartily the blessings for which she rendered thanks . The meal was soon prepared : the brown bread and butter , the fragrant coffee , the little high- seated ...
... step , so light and firm , seemed to express a deter- mination to enjoy heartily the blessings for which she rendered thanks . The meal was soon prepared : the brown bread and butter , the fragrant coffee , the little high- seated ...
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... step slow and wavering . She glances fearfully among the black slimy forms . There is the pool , but no children beside it . She goes round behind the rocks to that part which has hitherto been concealed from her , and suddenly she ...
... step slow and wavering . She glances fearfully among the black slimy forms . There is the pool , but no children beside it . She goes round behind the rocks to that part which has hitherto been concealed from her , and suddenly she ...
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... step from the sublime to the ridiculous , that it was impossible for any of his admirers to persuade him to go through a single recitation seriously . He was a tall , wiry , strongly- framed man , with a plain face that had been ...
... step from the sublime to the ridiculous , that it was impossible for any of his admirers to persuade him to go through a single recitation seriously . He was a tall , wiry , strongly- framed man , with a plain face that had been ...
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... steps tottering across the room , as if in obedience to the command given ; but it was evidently with great unwillingness , for she heard a sorrowful sigh at the same time . " I have done that , Hector . Is there anything more I can get ...
... steps tottering across the room , as if in obedience to the command given ; but it was evidently with great unwillingness , for she heard a sorrowful sigh at the same time . " I have done that , Hector . Is there anything more I can get ...
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