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... heart , touched by his distress , sidled up to Moses , and offered him her little stool . Moses smiled for a moment at the short - legged , low throne offered to his acceptance , and then glancing up at the earnest , flushed face of the ...
... heart , touched by his distress , sidled up to Moses , and offered him her little stool . Moses smiled for a moment at the short - legged , low throne offered to his acceptance , and then glancing up at the earnest , flushed face of the ...
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... hearts of the seafaring population of Shore- bury , for there was every prospect of a " good season . " Yes , a " good season even for Shorebury ; for small and primitive as the place was , its healthful properties 18 Polly's Pupil .
... hearts of the seafaring population of Shore- bury , for there was every prospect of a " good season . " Yes , a " good season even for Shorebury ; for small and primitive as the place was , its healthful properties 18 Polly's Pupil .
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... hearts of its lovers , whose name is legion ; for as becomes such islanders as we are , there are few , even amongst the dwellers of great cities ( unused to its sonorous voice and wild breezes ) , who yet do not , on their first sight ...
... hearts of its lovers , whose name is legion ; for as becomes such islanders as we are , there are few , even amongst the dwellers of great cities ( unused to its sonorous voice and wild breezes ) , who yet do not , on their first sight ...
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... heart over me , which I don't desire . And as for tailoring to please father , I shall die of it if they force me to it . There's to - day , as I sat stitch , stitch , stitching , on that horrid board , ( harder and worse nor my old ...
... heart over me , which I don't desire . And as for tailoring to please father , I shall die of it if they force me to it . There's to - day , as I sat stitch , stitch , stitching , on that horrid board , ( harder and worse nor my old ...
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... heart , forgetting all previous hitches in his deep interest in the new project . He repented his imprudence the next moment , however , when his mother , with revived asperity , demanded what that chit of a child , and " one of them ...
... heart , forgetting all previous hitches in his deep interest in the new project . He repented his imprudence the next moment , however , when his mother , with revived asperity , demanded what that chit of a child , and " one of them ...
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