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... Ellen's side , and then hid her face sobbing in Ellen's lap . Ellen , already in a highly excited state with her music , started back , and slightly screamed ; and Laura thinking it was disgust at herself , lifted up her head . 66 What ...
... Ellen's side , and then hid her face sobbing in Ellen's lap . Ellen , already in a highly excited state with her music , started back , and slightly screamed ; and Laura thinking it was disgust at herself , lifted up her head . 66 What ...
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... Ellen's voice sounded in Laura's ears ! her stubborn pride melted away , like frost in the warm beams of the sun ... Ellen for an angel , Ellen said she hoped that both she and Laura would be angels one day , and that they should be if ...
... Ellen's voice sounded in Laura's ears ! her stubborn pride melted away , like frost in the warm beams of the sun ... Ellen for an angel , Ellen said she hoped that both she and Laura would be angels one day , and that they should be if ...
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... Ellen said it was very wicked to tell falsehoods , but that God would forgive her if she forgave those who were unkind and unjust to her , and then they knelt down and said the Lord's Prayer together , and Ellen took Laura up to bed ...
... Ellen said it was very wicked to tell falsehoods , but that God would forgive her if she forgave those who were unkind and unjust to her , and then they knelt down and said the Lord's Prayer together , and Ellen took Laura up to bed ...
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... room ; though she had the comfort of sleeping in the same room as her new friend Ellen Howard , whose presence always seemed a kind of protec- tion to her . 44 CHAPTER V. THE PRIORY . AFTER the incidents related MUSIC . 43.
... room ; though she had the comfort of sleeping in the same room as her new friend Ellen Howard , whose presence always seemed a kind of protec- tion to her . 44 CHAPTER V. THE PRIORY . AFTER the incidents related MUSIC . 43.
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... Ellen Howard . The only change which occurred in this monotonous existence arose from the recur- rence of the holidays at Midsummer and Christ- mas ; but these were by far the most dreary part of Laura's life , for she remained at ...
... Ellen Howard . The only change which occurred in this monotonous existence arose from the recur- rence of the holidays at Midsummer and Christ- mas ; but these were by far the most dreary part of Laura's life , for she remained at ...
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