Claudine; or, Humility the basis of all the virtues, by the author of 'Always happy'. (M.E.B.). |
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... think it was possible the avalanche could be shaken , and travellers crowded to their towns and villages . In the year 1817 , * an Englishman , mounted * July 14th . on his mule , and attended by his guide , 4 CLAUDINE :
... think it was possible the avalanche could be shaken , and travellers crowded to their towns and villages . In the year 1817 , * an Englishman , mounted * July 14th . on his mule , and attended by his guide , 4 CLAUDINE :
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... , occupied as an iron foundery , was levelled to the ground in an instant , and not a stone was left to tell where it had stood . Numerous villages were in a moment swept away before the irresistible stream . The 8 CLAUDINE :
... , occupied as an iron foundery , was levelled to the ground in an instant , and not a stone was left to tell where it had stood . Numerous villages were in a moment swept away before the irresistible stream . The 8 CLAUDINE :
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... village . As soon as it was possible , they were led back to the spot whence it was conjectured they had come . But , alas ! the fear- ful change that had taken place had removed every well remembered landmark of their native hamlet ...
... village . As soon as it was possible , they were led back to the spot whence it was conjectured they had come . But , alas ! the fear- ful change that had taken place had removed every well remembered landmark of their native hamlet ...
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... village not one memorial remained- not one stone was left upon another ; not a post , a tree , a shrub , was to be seen to mark where once stood the smiling hamlet ! —One terrible instant had sufficed for its entire annihilation . The ...
... village not one memorial remained- not one stone was left upon another ; not a post , a tree , a shrub , was to be seen to mark where once stood the smiling hamlet ! —One terrible instant had sufficed for its entire annihilation . The ...
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... village , to which he removed his family , and once again enjoyed the blessing of a home . His new abode was situated in one of the love- liest valleys of Switzerland - beautiful was the landscape that surrounded the modest mansion of ...
... village , to which he removed his family , and once again enjoyed the blessing of a home . His new abode was situated in one of the love- liest valleys of Switzerland - beautiful was the landscape that surrounded the modest mansion of ...
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