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... hand to the growth of a mind and the making of a character . Rather , holding that key , shall we pause on the threshold , and guard our spirit of inquiry by the charm too deep ever to become old - fashioned , -in the beginning God made ...
... hand to the growth of a mind and the making of a character . Rather , holding that key , shall we pause on the threshold , and guard our spirit of inquiry by the charm too deep ever to become old - fashioned , -in the beginning God made ...
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... hand was busy as the day was long , And in her eyes the mute appealing look Of any creature God had made awoke Deep sympathy ; the harebell on rude bank Between her fields was to her heart a joy . And imaged clear in memory I see The ...
... hand was busy as the day was long , And in her eyes the mute appealing look Of any creature God had made awoke Deep sympathy ; the harebell on rude bank Between her fields was to her heart a joy . And imaged clear in memory I see The ...
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... hand and a bonnie trout from his basket in the other . It is curious to note how exactly he gave his hands to his son : shape and character seem identical ; but beyond that there is small likeness . One can hardly imagine from the ...
... hand and a bonnie trout from his basket in the other . It is curious to note how exactly he gave his hands to his son : shape and character seem identical ; but beyond that there is small likeness . One can hardly imagine from the ...
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... hands of others , unless he had to announce to the examiners that they were not bringing out all that was in a given boy's head . " There is an odd humour in this last touch . But we can well believe that it was a " serious business ...
... hands of others , unless he had to announce to the examiners that they were not bringing out all that was in a given boy's head . " There is an odd humour in this last touch . But we can well believe that it was a " serious business ...
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... hand had an unmistakable eccentricity ; his very writing , though rapid , was done with stiff wrist and spluttering ink , the table trembling under his laborious pen ! The foot , which in its day could do a pattern " jack - a - tar " as ...
... hand had an unmistakable eccentricity ; his very writing , though rapid , was done with stiff wrist and spluttering ink , the table trembling under his laborious pen ! The foot , which in its day could do a pattern " jack - a - tar " as ...
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