Isa: A PilgrimageRedfield, 1852 - 320 pages |
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Page 11
... wonder and wonder , and thereat groan inward- ly , that I should be so wretched , so wholly mis- erable , while others , of which to my mind that boy was the type , should look , and seem , and surely be so happy . I felt that he was ...
... wonder and wonder , and thereat groan inward- ly , that I should be so wretched , so wholly mis- erable , while others , of which to my mind that boy was the type , should look , and seem , and surely be so happy . I felt that he was ...
Page 20
... wonder What the result would have proved , had I been thrown among gayer and livelier children , in such a place as this , my adopted home . Would they have roused an- other life in me than that which has awakened ? Or , do we , indeed ...
... wonder What the result would have proved , had I been thrown among gayer and livelier children , in such a place as this , my adopted home . Would they have roused an- other life in me than that which has awakened ? Or , do we , indeed ...
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... wonder if he loves me . In giving to his character , as I have more espe- cially of late , my keenest and intensest study , I have found matter for rejoicing , and the purest satisfaction has attended this rendering of hom- age ...
... wonder if he loves me . In giving to his character , as I have more espe- cially of late , my keenest and intensest study , I have found matter for rejoicing , and the purest satisfaction has attended this rendering of hom- age ...
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... . How horrible it was ! As I ponder upon it now , and understand it all , I do wonder , more and more . To think of the gentle nature , the yearning , loving heart , the noble mind , kept 28 IF SO , WHY ? for years in a.
... . How horrible it was ! As I ponder upon it now , and understand it all , I do wonder , more and more . To think of the gentle nature , the yearning , loving heart , the noble mind , kept 28 IF SO , WHY ? for years in a.
Page 28
... wonder , of the condition of the inebriate's wife ? I can easily conceive the righteous indignation that would be reused against the woman , who should , by this manner of excess , work the we and disgrace of her household . Is there a ...
... wonder , of the condition of the inebriate's wife ? I can easily conceive the righteous indignation that would be reused against the woman , who should , by this manner of excess , work the we and disgrace of her household . Is there a ...
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Page 303 - Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for right. I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
Page 2 - JS REDFIELD, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Southern District of New York. STEREOTYPED BY CC...