The Home: Or, Life in Sweden. And Strife and PeaceG. Bell, 1892 - 518 pages |
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... mean ? " asked the surprised Assessor ; " what is it ? What horrid Madame is it that is to give me a cup of coffee ? I never could bear old women ; and if they are now to come upon the coffee - table- 66 " The round coffee - pot there ...
... mean ? " asked the surprised Assessor ; " what is it ? What horrid Madame is it that is to give me a cup of coffee ? I never could bear old women ; and if they are now to come upon the coffee - table- 66 " The round coffee - pot there ...
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... mean a painted one - of my Henrik , my first - born , my summer child , as I call him - because he was born on a Midsummer - day , in the summer hours both of my life and my fortune ; but only the pencil of a Correggio could repre- sent ...
... mean a painted one - of my Henrik , my first - born , my summer child , as I call him - because he was born on a Midsummer - day , in the summer hours both of my life and my fortune ; but only the pencil of a Correggio could repre- sent ...
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... means than to clasp the child tenderly in my arms , and to weep bitterly over it , or else to kiss it in the fulness of my joy ; and it often has appeared to me that such moments are not without their influence . I endeavour as much as ...
... means than to clasp the child tenderly in my arms , and to weep bitterly over it , or else to kiss it in the fulness of my joy ; and it often has appeared to me that such moments are not without their influence . I endeavour as much as ...
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... means , it happens that some- times my husband's domestic comforts are not such as he has a right to demand . Hitherto my weak health , the ne- cessary care of the children , and our rather narrow circum- stances , have furnished me ...
... means , it happens that some- times my husband's domestic comforts are not such as he has a right to demand . Hitherto my weak health , the ne- cessary care of the children , and our rather narrow circum- stances , have furnished me ...
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... will be wise till that is done ; nor will you either . In the mean time , however , it is as well that I have found you awake , else I must have woke you to prove that you cannot conceal from me , not even for once , how 20 THE HOME .
... will be wise till that is done ; nor will you either . In the mean time , however , it is as well that I have found you awake , else I must have woke you to prove that you cannot conceal from me , not even for once , how 20 THE HOME .
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