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Page 70
... hair ; Nor let the rosy colour flee Frae that dear cheek sae palely fair . Deem not the birken siller stems Which glisten in the soft moonlight , Where ev'ning hangs her dewy gems , The burnish'd arms o ' hostile knight . Then dinna ...
... hair ; Nor let the rosy colour flee Frae that dear cheek sae palely fair . Deem not the birken siller stems Which glisten in the soft moonlight , Where ev'ning hangs her dewy gems , The burnish'd arms o ' hostile knight . Then dinna ...
Page 77
... hair fell in large shining rings . Naomi had ceased speak- ing , when she turned round , and opened a Bible which lay upon the table . Resting her head on her small snowy hand , she began to read in the Old Testament . Florence sat down ...
... hair fell in large shining rings . Naomi had ceased speak- ing , when she turned round , and opened a Bible which lay upon the table . Resting her head on her small snowy hand , she began to read in the Old Testament . Florence sat down ...
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... kissing his bright clear forehead : Naomi looked at him , as he sat on her knees his thick glossy hair half hiding his soft . white shoulder , from which his night gown had fallen off ; his innocent countenance , and his lit- 100 NAOMI .
... kissing his bright clear forehead : Naomi looked at him , as he sat on her knees his thick glossy hair half hiding his soft . white shoulder , from which his night gown had fallen off ; his innocent countenance , and his lit- 100 NAOMI .
Page 152
... hair , which hung down nearly to her little waist , in such large shining curls ! She was a very merry girl , and always made my father and mother laugh , when she was with them . I wished I could see my mother , but I hardly knew ...
... hair , which hung down nearly to her little waist , in such large shining curls ! She was a very merry girl , and always made my father and mother laugh , when she was with them . I wished I could see my mother , but I hardly knew ...
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... hair , there were scarcely any signs of the condi- tion I had been in . " Now , " said I , " to prevent their finding out that this shirt has been bloody ; " so I took it up and was just going to wash it in the basin , when I knocked ...
... hair , there were scarcely any signs of the condi- tion I had been in . " Now , " said I , " to prevent their finding out that this shirt has been bloody ; " so I took it up and was just going to wash it in the basin , when I knocked ...
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