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... story in her book was about a girl of her own age , who , by her courage and presence of mind , had saved her whole family from a most terrible death from fire . That was what she would like to do . She would like to have the ...
... story in her book was about a girl of her own age , who , by her courage and presence of mind , had saved her whole family from a most terrible death from fire . That was what she would like to do . She would like to have the ...
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... stories contained in it , but there were parts of it which she always skipped as “ dull , ” and one of these passages , if she had read it carefully , would have shown her how the deeds of purest gold may be wrought in quiet every- day ...
... stories contained in it , but there were parts of it which she always skipped as “ dull , ” and one of these passages , if she had read it carefully , would have shown her how the deeds of purest gold may be wrought in quiet every- day ...
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... story , " The Old Man's Home : " " The thorn of affliction lies on the path homewards ; and , if you have but courage to walk quietly on , there is none that , with greater certainty , will change into a flower . " The thorns from which ...
... story , " The Old Man's Home : " " The thorn of affliction lies on the path homewards ; and , if you have but courage to walk quietly on , there is none that , with greater certainty , will change into a flower . " The thorns from which ...
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... stories and accounts of his adventures . It was quite as amusing as a story - book without the trouble of reading , Lucy thought , and there was not a place nor a thing that she could mention that Martin did not know all about . When ...
... stories and accounts of his adventures . It was quite as amusing as a story - book without the trouble of reading , Lucy thought , and there was not a place nor a thing that she could mention that Martin did not know all about . When ...
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... stories of the clever doings of her feathered acquaint- ances . If Lucy had been loveable in her buoyant health and spirits , she was infinitely more so now in her gentle patience . Her very life seemed to Miss Elwyn to be a song of ...
... stories of the clever doings of her feathered acquaint- ances . If Lucy had been loveable in her buoyant health and spirits , she was infinitely more so now in her gentle patience . Her very life seemed to Miss Elwyn to be a song of ...
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