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... Merlin l'Enchanteur " -A musical party develops unexpected harmonies - Minna Moré - A German Vicar of Wakefield - Living in the spirit of the Sermon on the Mount - Love the enchanter's wand- Breaking another link in Nature's chain ...
... Merlin l'Enchanteur " -A musical party develops unexpected harmonies - Minna Moré - A German Vicar of Wakefield - Living in the spirit of the Sermon on the Mount - Love the enchanter's wand- Breaking another link in Nature's chain ...
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... Merlin l'Enchanteur " he accuses us of the most terrible coldness and selfish- ness . Several of the reminiscences of this trip appear there again , but the glass he looks through is no longer the red one , but the green . His holiday ...
... Merlin l'Enchanteur " he accuses us of the most terrible coldness and selfish- ness . Several of the reminiscences of this trip appear there again , but the glass he looks through is no longer the red one , but the green . His holiday ...
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... Merlin became an enchanter . " " In his exile an old man gathered up the memories of his youth . Seen in the enchanting light of a far - off time , he idealised them ; forgetting all that was terrestrial in the being that he had loved ...
... Merlin became an enchanter . " " In his exile an old man gathered up the memories of his youth . Seen in the enchanting light of a far - off time , he idealised them ; forgetting all that was terrestrial in the being that he had loved ...
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... Merlin started , but he soon perceived that it was merely the echo of his own voice . · And he fell again into disconsolate meditation . Raising his eyes , however , towards the crest of the mountain covered with black firs , he saw ...
... Merlin started , but he soon perceived that it was merely the echo of his own voice . · And he fell again into disconsolate meditation . Raising his eyes , however , towards the crest of the mountain covered with black firs , he saw ...
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... Merlin , whose astonishment increased . " You called me yesterday , " she said to him , " but would not wait . I come ; what do you want with me ? " Merlin was too much amazed to speak . He dropped his eyes , then , raising them , he ...
... Merlin , whose astonishment increased . " You called me yesterday , " she said to him , " but would not wait . I come ; what do you want with me ? " Merlin was too much amazed to speak . He dropped his eyes , then , raising them , he ...
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