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... live on this small income , and suggested an applica- tion to relations and friends for assistance , but my heroine would not hear of it . If any aid was offered , she would gladly accept it , but not other- wise . Her determination was ...
... live on this small income , and suggested an applica- tion to relations and friends for assistance , but my heroine would not hear of it . If any aid was offered , she would gladly accept it , but not other- wise . Her determination was ...
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... a pickle ; but her little daughter is a quiet , thoughtful child , already showing both talent and ambition in the acquire- ment of her German alphabet . 30 CHAPTER III . PLEASURE AND AMUSEMENTS . " Live TALENTS AND AMBITION . 29.
... a pickle ; but her little daughter is a quiet , thoughtful child , already showing both talent and ambition in the acquire- ment of her German alphabet . 30 CHAPTER III . PLEASURE AND AMUSEMENTS . " Live TALENTS AND AMBITION . 29.
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Sydney Cox. 30 CHAPTER III . PLEASURE AND AMUSEMENTS . " Live while you live , the epicure would say , And seize the pleasures of the present day . Live while you live , the sacred preacher cries , And give to God each moment as it flies ...
Sydney Cox. 30 CHAPTER III . PLEASURE AND AMUSEMENTS . " Live while you live , the epicure would say , And seize the pleasures of the present day . Live while you live , the sacred preacher cries , And give to God each moment as it flies ...
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... live , is to chaperone them to these Terpsichorean festivities . They forget what weary work it may be to those who are not joining in it , and are quite reckless as to the sleepy sensations of others , so long as they are themselves ...
... live , is to chaperone them to these Terpsichorean festivities . They forget what weary work it may be to those who are not joining in it , and are quite reckless as to the sleepy sensations of others , so long as they are themselves ...
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... live without excitement , and a continual succession of gaieties . Such people have no com- prehension of the more satisfactory pleasures to be found in useful employment and homely re- tirement . Thought is intolerable to them , and ...
... live without excitement , and a continual succession of gaieties . Such people have no com- prehension of the more satisfactory pleasures to be found in useful employment and homely re- tirement . Thought is intolerable to them , and ...
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Page 30 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Page 26 - THE AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD. 6. Life Underground; OR, DICK THE COLLIERY BOY. 7. Life on the Coast ; OR, THE LITTLE FISHER GIRL. 8. Adventures of Two Orphans in London. 9. Early Days on Board a Man-of-War. 10. Walter, the Foundling : A TALE OF OLDEN TIMES. 11. The Tenants of Sunnyside Farm. 12. Holmwood: OR, THE NEW ZEALAND SETTLER.
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Page 15 - A very good account of the Sacred Writings, adapted to the tastes, feelings, and intelligence of young people.*
Page 13 - Mark Seaworth; a Tale of the Indian Ocean. „ Peter the Whaler; HIS EARLY LIFE AND ADVENTURES IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS.
Page 10 - Swift and Sure, or THE CAREER OF Two BROTHERS. By A. ELWES. Tales of the Saracens. By BARBARA HUTTON. Tales of the White Cockade. By BARBARA HUTTON.