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... round which the silver and green silk were twined . " Will you read aloud to us this evening ? " asked one of my fair companions ; but I took it into my head to say , that I would write for their amuse- ment , and I wrote part of one of ...
... round which the silver and green silk were twined . " Will you read aloud to us this evening ? " asked one of my fair companions ; but I took it into my head to say , that I would write for their amuse- ment , and I wrote part of one of ...
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... round my heart , endued with some charm , by so many endearing associations . This glorious view of my own dear Switzerland ! these rocks ! and this emerald verdure ! that waterfall , like sparkling silver , with its soft melting ...
... round my heart , endued with some charm , by so many endearing associations . This glorious view of my own dear Switzerland ! these rocks ! and this emerald verdure ! that waterfall , like sparkling silver , with its soft melting ...
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... round their mother and sister . Rosine looked up into her mother's face , and said , " I am the eldest , dearest mother , and there are so many of these dear brothers and sis- ters - so many to increase the expenses of my father : you ...
... round their mother and sister . Rosine looked up into her mother's face , and said , " I am the eldest , dearest mother , and there are so many of these dear brothers and sis- ters - so many to increase the expenses of my father : you ...
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... round her face . The hair looked as if she were alive ; it was so soft and glossy ; something like the living brightness of her eyes glistened through the long veiling lashes of the closed eyelids . On her beautiful and delicately ...
... round her face . The hair looked as if she were alive ; it was so soft and glossy ; something like the living brightness of her eyes glistened through the long veiling lashes of the closed eyelids . On her beautiful and delicately ...
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... round at them ; " you are ill , dear mother ; I am sure you are , for you look very pale ; you are ill , " he continued in the ten- derest voice , " and here have I been teasing you with my follies . " " I am not quite well , " she ...
... round at them ; " you are ill , dear mother ; I am sure you are , for you look very pale ; you are ill , " he continued in the ten- derest voice , " and here have I been teasing you with my follies . " " I am not quite well , " she ...
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