Spring time; or, Words in season, a book of friendly counsel for girls1873 |
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... shall I describe it to you ? I fear , unless you have heard it your- self , I shall sadly fail in conveying any notion of the extraordinary stuff it is . The total absence of idiom , the peculiar twang and burr in pro- WORDS IN SEASON .
... shall I describe it to you ? I fear , unless you have heard it your- self , I shall sadly fail in conveying any notion of the extraordinary stuff it is . The total absence of idiom , the peculiar twang and burr in pro- WORDS IN SEASON .
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... and ill - nature , unless you are yourself determined that it shall not be so . The heart resembles a garden , wherein , however sedulously the sweetest flowers are sown , weeds will con- stantly YOUTH AND YOUTHFUL TEMPER . 7.
... and ill - nature , unless you are yourself determined that it shall not be so . The heart resembles a garden , wherein , however sedulously the sweetest flowers are sown , weeds will con- stantly YOUTH AND YOUTHFUL TEMPER . 7.
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... them Sunday after Sunday , and being accustomed to them almost from your infancy , is of no avail , unless you realize to yourselves the fact that it is your own little individual light that is meant , — 8 WORDS IN SEASON .
... them Sunday after Sunday , and being accustomed to them almost from your infancy , is of no avail , unless you realize to yourselves the fact that it is your own little individual light that is meant , — 8 WORDS IN SEASON .
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... unless her talent lies in that direction , and her friends will feel much more obliged to her for not performing at all than for performing badly . As regards draw- ing and painting , too , if you possess any talent for either , by all ...
... unless her talent lies in that direction , and her friends will feel much more obliged to her for not performing at all than for performing badly . As regards draw- ing and painting , too , if you possess any talent for either , by all ...
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... unless especially invited so to do . Some days elapsed , therefore , ere she saw Uncle John , and their first interview happened thus : - Lady Fulham went into the library one morn- ing in search of a book , and finding her brother ...
... unless especially invited so to do . Some days elapsed , therefore , ere she saw Uncle John , and their first interview happened thus : - Lady Fulham went into the library one morn- ing in search of a book , and finding her brother ...
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