Grey Towers; Or, Aunty Hetty's WillGriffith and Farran, 1877 - 284 pages |
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... walks with ruffled brow and slow steps towards the nursery at the top of the house . A bare , grim , shabby little room that same nursery is , well trodden by tiny feet , and used and marred by tiny fingers . It looks particularly dingy ...
... walks with ruffled brow and slow steps towards the nursery at the top of the house . A bare , grim , shabby little room that same nursery is , well trodden by tiny feet , and used and marred by tiny fingers . It looks particularly dingy ...
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... walk uprightly , " would be the firm utterance of her heart had she been called to bear testimony . Yet strange weakness and inconsistency of human nature ! This will of Aunt Hetty's pains and vexes her more than she would like to ...
... walk uprightly , " would be the firm utterance of her heart had she been called to bear testimony . Yet strange weakness and inconsistency of human nature ! This will of Aunt Hetty's pains and vexes her more than she would like to ...
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... walk up the aisle with an assured step , glancing loftily round them , at the rustics , as they pass on , while Alice Burges , with her head slightly bowed , her eyes averted , and a reverent demeanour , follows in their wake . Philip ...
... walk up the aisle with an assured step , glancing loftily round them , at the rustics , as they pass on , while Alice Burges , with her head slightly bowed , her eyes averted , and a reverent demeanour , follows in their wake . Philip ...
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... every one of us poor sinners in God's sight , till made pure through Christ's atonement for us . But I would fain see you love the Lord as your father does ; try to walk in his steps , my boy , and then you will 36 Grey Towers ; or ,
... every one of us poor sinners in God's sight , till made pure through Christ's atonement for us . But I would fain see you love the Lord as your father does ; try to walk in his steps , my boy , and then you will 36 Grey Towers ; or ,
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... walk is laid out , fringed on the farther side by a wide flower border , now bright with many- coloured , sweet ... walk in earnest conversation when their day's work was done . Lowly as the place is , it is thronged with sweet memories ...
... walk is laid out , fringed on the farther side by a wide flower border , now bright with many- coloured , sweet ... walk in earnest conversation when their day's work was done . Lowly as the place is , it is thronged with sweet memories ...
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