The daughter of a geniusGriffith and Farran, 1879 - 127 pages |
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... ideas she received from external objects served to rivet the affections of her heart and present a continual object of esteem and love , in a situation which tended to congeal every warm sentiment and damp every tender emotion . By slow ...
... ideas she received from external objects served to rivet the affections of her heart and present a continual object of esteem and love , in a situation which tended to congeal every warm sentiment and damp every tender emotion . By slow ...
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... idea , he did not distress her by observing so , or commenting on what she wished or feared , for he apprehended both , and earnestly began to entreat that she might be permitted to visit at his house , where his little girls would be ...
... idea , he did not distress her by observing so , or commenting on what she wished or feared , for he apprehended both , and earnestly began to entreat that she might be permitted to visit at his house , where his little girls would be ...
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... idea took possession of her mind , her disorder increased from the irritability it occasioned ; and the physician wrote to Miss Henville , informing her of the situation and desires of his patient . Belle , ever busy , but never ...
... idea took possession of her mind , her disorder increased from the irritability it occasioned ; and the physician wrote to Miss Henville , informing her of the situation and desires of his patient . Belle , ever busy , but never ...
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... idea of sending for her aunt . Miss Henville was now truly glad that she was come , for the poor child's sake , whose pale complexion , formal and timid manners , added to the extreme backwardness of her education when compared with ...
... idea of sending for her aunt . Miss Henville was now truly glad that she was come , for the poor child's sake , whose pale complexion , formal and timid manners , added to the extreme backwardness of her education when compared with ...
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... cold and stately , and full of mis- taken ideas of duty and propriety ( wrong only in their excess ) , she was ever well - meaning . With respect to making a favourable impression on the subject of her sister 36 THE DAUGHTER OF A GENIUS .
... cold and stately , and full of mis- taken ideas of duty and propriety ( wrong only in their excess ) , she was ever well - meaning . With respect to making a favourable impression on the subject of her sister 36 THE DAUGHTER OF A GENIUS .
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