The Home: Or, Life in Sweden. And Strife and PeaceG. Bell, 1892 - 518 pages |
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... whole being ; even although his buoyant animal life , which seldom allows his arms or legs to be quiet , often expresses itself in not the most graceful manner . My eleven - years - old boy is , alas ! very - his father says very ...
... whole being ; even although his buoyant animal life , which seldom allows his arms or legs to be quiet , often expresses itself in not the most graceful manner . My eleven - years - old boy is , alas ! very - his father says very ...
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... whole life will be such ; but I will early teach her to turn herself to that which can change unrest into rest . No. 6. - And now to the pet child of the house - to the youngest , the loveliest , the so - called " little one " -to her ...
... whole life will be such ; but I will early teach her to turn herself to that which can change unrest into rest . No. 6. - And now to the pet child of the house - to the youngest , the loveliest , the so - called " little one " -to her ...
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... whole countenance . I augured something amiss , and would gladly have sprung far , far away , but I felt powerless ; and then Ernst spoke so from his heart , so fervently , and with such deep tenderness , that he took my heart at once ...
... whole countenance . I augured something amiss , and would gladly have sprung far , far away , but I felt powerless ; and then Ernst spoke so from his heart , so fervently , and with such deep tenderness , that he took my heart at once ...
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... whole being a something especially mild and agreeable . One might compare her to moonlight ; she moved softly , and her voice was low and sweet , which , as Shakspeare says , is an excellent thing in woman . " Seeing her , as one often ...
... whole being a something especially mild and agreeable . One might compare her to moonlight ; she moved softly , and her voice was low and sweet , which , as Shakspeare says , is an excellent thing in woman . " Seeing her , as one often ...
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... whole little auditorium awake till midnight . " What will become of my preserves ? " thought Elise , one day as she remarked the quantity which vanished from the plate of the Candidate ; but when that same evening she saw the little ...
... whole little auditorium awake till midnight . " What will become of my preserves ? " thought Elise , one day as she remarked the quantity which vanished from the plate of the Candidate ; but when that same evening she saw the little ...
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