Snowdrops, Finland idyls for children, from the Swed. [Läsning för barn] by A. Alberg |
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... seated them- selves with the Bible in the middle of a copse and began spelling out the Holy Writ for the edification of the growing wood ; and the trees seemed to listen attentively , and began to whisper all around their children ...
... seated them- selves with the Bible in the middle of a copse and began spelling out the Holy Writ for the edification of the growing wood ; and the trees seemed to listen attentively , and began to whisper all around their children ...
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... seated in a corner of the fire - place , infirm and dim - sighted from old age . The stranger questioned her regarding a little boy , called Ahasuerus , and whether he was still alive . His voice trembled as he spoke , and he wiped the ...
... seated in a corner of the fire - place , infirm and dim - sighted from old age . The stranger questioned her regarding a little boy , called Ahasuerus , and whether he was still alive . His voice trembled as he spoke , and he wiped the ...
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... seated , grey with old age , basking in the sun- shine in front of her cherished hut , and the old merchant , now no longer a stranger , was seated on the grassy bank by her side , reading aloud from the Bible . Ahasuerus was just ...
... seated , grey with old age , basking in the sun- shine in front of her cherished hut , and the old merchant , now no longer a stranger , was seated on the grassy bank by her side , reading aloud from the Bible . Ahasuerus was just ...
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... seated on a low stool the little flaxen - haired girl , silent and smiling , and so happy , never dreaming for one moment that the huge monster might tumble down and cover her over like a mouse in a bushel , or , perhaps , kill her on ...
... seated on a low stool the little flaxen - haired girl , silent and smiling , and so happy , never dreaming for one moment that the huge monster might tumble down and cover her over like a mouse in a bushel , or , perhaps , kill her on ...
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... seated surrounded by her children's children , and appeared to them a dear relic of times long gone by and buried in the past . She thought of her own childhood , when Christmas - time was looked forward to long before it came , and she ...
... seated surrounded by her children's children , and appeared to them a dear relic of times long gone by and buried in the past . She thought of her own childhood , when Christmas - time was looked forward to long before it came , and she ...
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