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... natural tenderness of his nature , and the love he bore his mother ; for he threw his arms round her with convulsive eagerness , and buried his face in her bosom . For a few minutes neither spoke . At length she kissed his broad , white ...
... natural tenderness of his nature , and the love he bore his mother ; for he threw his arms round her with convulsive eagerness , and buried his face in her bosom . For a few minutes neither spoke . At length she kissed his broad , white ...
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... Nature was kinder to him in his dreams than in his waking hours , for the sweet and happy smile that occasionally swept over his face as he thus lay motionless in slumber , told of the pleasant pictures in which his fancy was revelling ...
... Nature was kinder to him in his dreams than in his waking hours , for the sweet and happy smile that occasionally swept over his face as he thus lay motionless in slumber , told of the pleasant pictures in which his fancy was revelling ...
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... nature , that made him very unwilling to forego any idea that he had once conceived . The other was the having come to his resolution by such slow degrees , that it had grown out of events like a fruit advancing to ma- turity ; and its ...
... nature , that made him very unwilling to forego any idea that he had once conceived . The other was the having come to his resolution by such slow degrees , that it had grown out of events like a fruit advancing to ma- turity ; and its ...
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... natural appendage . " But what a house , " he thought , " it ought to be ! " Beautiful as this landscape always appears , it is never so lovely as on a day similar to the one when Guy viewed it . The warmth of the sun , as it rose ...
... natural appendage . " But what a house , " he thought , " it ought to be ! " Beautiful as this landscape always appears , it is never so lovely as on a day similar to the one when Guy viewed it . The warmth of the sun , as it rose ...
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Alfred Elwes. magic spell . And yet it was not of a nature which is thought capable generally of producing such effect and trepidation . It was the clear , ringing laugh of a happy girl , which pealed through the quiet atmos- phere like ...
Alfred Elwes. magic spell . And yet it was not of a nature which is thought capable generally of producing such effect and trepidation . It was the clear , ringing laugh of a happy girl , which pealed through the quiet atmos- phere like ...
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Guy Rivers, Or a Boy's Struggles in the Great World (Classic Reprint) Alfred Elwes No preview available - 2016 |
Guy Rivers, Or, a Boy's Struggles in the Great World Alfred Elwes,Henry Anelay No preview available - 2016 |
Guy Rivers, Or a Boy's Struggles in the Great World (Classic Reprint) Alfred Elwes No preview available - 2018 |
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