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... was , however , far from being the case . She was devoutly thankful to God for her returning health , and her lovely babe ; but as a young child rather supplies an object for the heart than the mind , 14 THE DAUGHTER OF A GENIUS ;
... was , however , far from being the case . She was devoutly thankful to God for her returning health , and her lovely babe ; but as a young child rather supplies an object for the heart than the mind , 14 THE DAUGHTER OF A GENIUS ;
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... the entrance of an upper story , and was standing upon a slight plank , when her footman followed her with a note brought from her father's in great haste . c 2 A TALE FOR YOUTH . 15 supplies an object for the heart than the ...
... the entrance of an upper story , and was standing upon a slight plank , when her footman followed her with a note brought from her father's in great haste . c 2 A TALE FOR YOUTH . 15 supplies an object for the heart than the ...
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... 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 degrees a little improvement ...
... 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 degrees a little improvement ...
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... words which ever met her ear were on subjects of architecture , and the first objects on which her eye rested designs of various description , she had na- - turally caught a few words from those around her 40 THE DAUGHTER OF A GENIUS ;
... words which ever met her ear were on subjects of architecture , and the first objects on which her eye rested designs of various description , she had na- - turally caught a few words from those around her 40 THE DAUGHTER OF A GENIUS ;
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... . " Overpowered with confusion , she sud- denly stopped ; and though her kind inter- rogator could not forbear to smile at his own appellation , and readily conceived that the sea , as the sublimest object she beheld , A TALE FOR YOUTH .
... . " Overpowered with confusion , she sud- denly stopped ; and though her kind inter- rogator could not forbear to smile at his own appellation , and readily conceived that the sea , as the sublimest object she beheld , A TALE FOR YOUTH .
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