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... heart he pitied the lad whose inclinations he thought were going to be cruelly forced into a wrong line . Rosa was as good as his word . As soon as he had seen the retreating figure of the friar on his way to his monastery , he went to ...
... heart he pitied the lad whose inclinations he thought were going to be cruelly forced into a wrong line . Rosa was as good as his word . As soon as he had seen the retreating figure of the friar on his way to his monastery , he went to ...
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... best suit , which she had carefully brushed and laid out for him to wear at the fête , and it was with somewhat heavy hearts that she and her daughters dressed themselves in their own gay Italian costumes and 12 BATTLE AND VICTORY ; OR ,
... best suit , which she had carefully brushed and laid out for him to wear at the fête , and it was with somewhat heavy hearts that she and her daughters dressed themselves in their own gay Italian costumes and 12 BATTLE AND VICTORY ; OR ,
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... heart , and he loved his home and relations and his beautiful hill dearly . From all these he was suddenly to be cut off for years , to ' be shut up in a great prison - like building , pursuing distasteful studies by way of pre- paring ...
... heart , and he loved his home and relations and his beautiful hill dearly . From all these he was suddenly to be cut off for years , to ' be shut up in a great prison - like building , pursuing distasteful studies by way of pre- paring ...
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... heart yearn- ing after those whom it might be long ere he saw again . He quickened his footsteps as daylight began to dawn , and , long before the hour when his disappearance would be discovered , found himself at some distance from ...
... heart yearn- ing after those whom it might be long ere he saw again . He quickened his footsteps as daylight began to dawn , and , long before the hour when his disappearance would be discovered , found himself at some distance from ...
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... heart was longing for sympathy , and was all ready to open out to kindness . His interrogator was greatly struck with the boy's countenance . It is said there is a silent freemasonry amongst kindred minds , and per- haps this caused ...
... heart was longing for sympathy , and was all ready to open out to kindness . His interrogator was greatly struck with the boy's countenance . It is said there is a silent freemasonry amongst kindred minds , and per- haps this caused ...
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