The Home: Or, Life in Sweden. And Strife and PeaceG. Bell, 1892 - 518 pages |
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... mind to kill it . And then , she is so thin . I cannot bear thin people ; least of all , thin old women . ” " No ? " said Mrs. Frank . " Don't you know , then , what rumour says of you and poor old Miss Rask ? " " That common person ...
... mind to kill it . And then , she is so thin . I cannot bear thin people ; least of all , thin old women . ” " No ? " said Mrs. Frank . " Don't you know , then , what rumour says of you and poor old Miss Rask ? " " That common person ...
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... minds ? how his noble person , his calm , self - assured demeanour , his frank , decided , yet always polite behaviour charmed us at first , and then awed us ? One could say of him , that morally as well as physically he stood firmly ...
... minds ? how his noble person , his calm , self - assured demeanour , his frank , decided , yet always polite behaviour charmed us at first , and then awed us ? One could say of him , that morally as well as physically he stood firmly ...
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... mind . Ernst was my teacher ; I looked up to him with love , but not without fear . Many were the projects which we formed in these summer days , and which floated brightly before my romantic fancy . Among these was a journey on foot ...
... mind . Ernst was my teacher ; I looked up to him with love , but not without fear . Many were the projects which we formed in these summer days , and which floated brightly before my romantic fancy . Among these was a journey on foot ...
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... mind must both have given way under their burden , had Ernst not been the man he is . It suited his character to struggle against the stream ; it was a sort of pleasure to him to combat with it , to meet diffi- culties , and to overcome ...
... mind must both have given way under their burden , had Ernst not been the man he is . It suited his character to struggle against the stream ; it was a sort of pleasure to him to combat with it , to meet diffi- culties , and to overcome ...
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... mind often disturbs me more than it is reasonable or right that it should ; for in- stance , I get regularly into a state of excitement , if he only steadfastly fixes his eyes on a wall , or on any other object . I immediately begin to ...
... mind often disturbs me more than it is reasonable or right that it should ; for in- stance , I get regularly into a state of excitement , if he only steadfastly fixes his eyes on a wall , or on any other object . I immediately begin to ...
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