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... natural conditions of labour and pru- dence by which such benefits could be reached alike by all , whether able to ... nature of her service were being sacrificed and lost sight of . They therefore brought forward a proposition that ...
... natural conditions of labour and pru- dence by which such benefits could be reached alike by all , whether able to ... nature of her service were being sacrificed and lost sight of . They therefore brought forward a proposition that ...
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... nature . After a time , by the help of Mildred's reports , the naturalist wrote an account of the manners and customs of humming - birds , and if any reader of this book knows anything much about that most exquisite of all birds , it ...
... nature . After a time , by the help of Mildred's reports , the naturalist wrote an account of the manners and customs of humming - birds , and if any reader of this book knows anything much about that most exquisite of all birds , it ...
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... nature , a natural eye for beauty everywhere - for beautiful conduct and behaviour in herself and others , as well as beauti- ful dress and pictures and sports ; that she had a heart for joy which ought to make herself and 142 A ...
... nature , a natural eye for beauty everywhere - for beautiful conduct and behaviour in herself and others , as well as beauti- ful dress and pictures and sports ; that she had a heart for joy which ought to make herself and 142 A ...
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... nature , and every day , aided by his crutch , went to walk along the cliffs and gather flowers , to listen to the language of birds , or to gaze upon the sea , which was near the humble cottage . The parents had long known the ...
... nature , and every day , aided by his crutch , went to walk along the cliffs and gather flowers , to listen to the language of birds , or to gaze upon the sea , which was near the humble cottage . The parents had long known the ...
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... nature charmed him , grad- ually even the sky and blue sea , the bright clouds above and snowy sails beneath , became shadowed from the gathering gloom upon his heart . The sea seemed to be assuming a sterner line , the flowers appeared ...
... nature charmed him , grad- ually even the sky and blue sea , the bright clouds above and snowy sails beneath , became shadowed from the gathering gloom upon his heart . The sea seemed to be assuming a sterner line , the flowers appeared ...
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