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... passed in our usual inter- minable talk , but the wistful expression did not leave Nesta's face ; and in the middle of the night I was wakened by the sound of her sobbing . " What is the matter , Nesta ? " I asked . " Oh , Janet , I ...
... passed in our usual inter- minable talk , but the wistful expression did not leave Nesta's face ; and in the middle of the night I was wakened by the sound of her sobbing . " What is the matter , Nesta ? " I asked . " Oh , Janet , I ...
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... passed on ; and yet , in looking back on my childhood , it is still the evenings that I re- member vividly . It almost seems to me as if , in our old home , it was always evening . My father was the head - master of B - School , where ...
... passed on ; and yet , in looking back on my childhood , it is still the evenings that I re- member vividly . It almost seems to me as if , in our old home , it was always evening . My father was the head - master of B - School , where ...
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... passed on ; he fidgetted every now and then in his chair , and I knew he had fallen upon evil times - that his work was a task , and that , instead of being absorbed by it , he was nervously alive to every sound and motion in the room ...
... passed on ; he fidgetted every now and then in his chair , and I knew he had fallen upon evil times - that his work was a task , and that , instead of being absorbed by it , he was nervously alive to every sound and motion in the room ...
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... passed ; that we grew from childhood to youth in that noiseless way . For myself , my time passed , for the most part , in a plea- sant dream ; the burden of self was laid aside , because I ceased to be myself to my own consciousness ...
... passed ; that we grew from childhood to youth in that noiseless way . For myself , my time passed , for the most part , in a plea- sant dream ; the burden of self was laid aside , because I ceased to be myself to my own consciousness ...
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... passing through one examination so necessary to his success in the second , that he would not allow him to miss it . I remember feeling a little provoked on the even- ing before the examination , when I heard Charlie observe to Nesta ...
... passing through one examination so necessary to his success in the second , that he would not allow him to miss it . I remember feeling a little provoked on the even- ing before the examination , when I heard Charlie observe to Nesta ...
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