Claudine; or, Humility the basis of all the virtues, by the author of 'Always happy'. (M.E.B.). |
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... children were with him - in saving them , he felt as if he had saved every thing . The first terrible moments of agitation passed , Weimar briefly made arrangements for the future . He had little power of choice . In the Val di Bagne ...
... children were with him - in saving them , he felt as if he had saved every thing . The first terrible moments of agitation passed , Weimar briefly made arrangements for the future . He had little power of choice . In the Val di Bagne ...
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... , the pretty salon , whose alcove held the bed of Madame Weimar , the sleeping- rooms for the children , and the kitchen . Weimar , when he had furnished his humble cottage , and paid the expenses of establishing his eldest 16 CLAUDINE :
... , the pretty salon , whose alcove held the bed of Madame Weimar , the sleeping- rooms for the children , and the kitchen . Weimar , when he had furnished his humble cottage , and paid the expenses of establishing his eldest 16 CLAUDINE :
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... children , - " have I not you all with me ? ” " Dearest Auguste , you have even more than that you have yourself , " would his wife reply : that - you " what adversity can ruffle such a mind - what privation sadden such a heart ? " The ...
... children , - " have I not you all with me ? ” " Dearest Auguste , you have even more than that you have yourself , " would his wife reply : that - you " what adversity can ruffle such a mind - what privation sadden such a heart ? " The ...
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... children : shoes , stockings , coffee . If by chance she has a few batz of her own , so certainly these batz are laid out for bonbons , or toys , for Maurice and Fanchon . Then , on her return , what French name ... child , " 24 CLAUDINE :
... children : shoes , stockings , coffee . If by chance she has a few batz of her own , so certainly these batz are laid out for bonbons , or toys , for Maurice and Fanchon . Then , on her return , what French name ... child , " 24 CLAUDINE :
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Maria Elizabeth Budden. kisses , what embraces ! 66 My child , " would her father say , " I thought you hoarded this money to buy yourself a ribbon ? " - " Yes , Sir . " " The ribbon would have given you a great deal of pleasure , my ...
Maria Elizabeth Budden. kisses , what embraces ! 66 My child , " would her father say , " I thought you hoarded this money to buy yourself a ribbon ? " - " Yes , Sir . " " The ribbon would have given you a great deal of pleasure , my ...
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Page 7 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 203 - WINTER EVENINGS AT COLLEGE : a Description of the Manners, Customs, Public Institutions, Religion, and Mysteries, &c. of the Ancient Greeks ; a short Account of the State of Modern Greece ; and Reflections on the Revolutions of Empires. By the Rev. B. TH COLE, Rector of Warbleton, Sussex, formerly Scholar of Trin. Coll. and late Fellow of Magd. Coll. Cambridge. With a frontispiece.