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... Sleep visited their pillow . Sunbeam kissed their rosy cheeks ; she herself was about to seek a shelter for the night , and wait for the first appearance of the Great Geni to gather strength for the morrow's task , when she saw the ...
... Sleep visited their pillow . Sunbeam kissed their rosy cheeks ; she herself was about to seek a shelter for the night , and wait for the first appearance of the Great Geni to gather strength for the morrow's task , when she saw the ...
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... sleep for Sunbeam that night . When the mother quitted the room of her darling babes , the benignant little spirit glided noiselessly after her into her own chamber . CHAPTER V. THE MOTHER'S DREAM . T was long , D 2 Sunbeam in Russia . 35.
... sleep for Sunbeam that night . When the mother quitted the room of her darling babes , the benignant little spirit glided noiselessly after her into her own chamber . CHAPTER V. THE MOTHER'S DREAM . T was long , D 2 Sunbeam in Russia . 35.
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... sleep . But surely no ; she cannot be asleep . What is that strain of music , now so soft and low that it seems at first but the distant chimes of the village church to which she had listened in her early youth , now coming nearer and ...
... sleep . But surely no ; she cannot be asleep . What is that strain of music , now so soft and low that it seems at first but the distant chimes of the village church to which she had listened in her early youth , now coming nearer and ...
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... sleep ; and she felt that though grief is a fruit bitter indeed to the taste , the branch upon which it grows will be strengthened to bear it ; and she again looked up , for the darkness was beginning to be cleared away . But lo another ...
... sleep ; and she felt that though grief is a fruit bitter indeed to the taste , the branch upon which it grows will be strengthened to bear it ; and she again looked up , for the darkness was beginning to be cleared away . But lo another ...
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... sleeping under her shade . ' ' Oh ! the rose was quite beautiful enough without it , Ida . How I wish , however , it had been in one of the sweet night flowers ; for then , you know , it would have been safely shut up and protected from ...
... sleeping under her shade . ' ' Oh ! the rose was quite beautiful enough without it , Ida . How I wish , however , it had been in one of the sweet night flowers ; for then , you know , it would have been safely shut up and protected from ...
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ABSOLON Aunty baby BARBARA HUTTON beam beautiful birds bright bright eyes broad green brother brow Charlemagne child Christmas tree cloth elegant cloud coloured comfort consolation copecs corner creature dear Disobedience earth Engravings eyes fair brow fairy tale favourite Fcap fell felt flowers Frontispiece garden gathered Geni Gentinella gentle gilt edges glad grew hand happy HARRISON WEIR heart Illustrations JOHN TIMBS kind kissed lady lessons light lips listened little boy little spirit little Sunbeam looked Mamma Minie morocco mother never Papa peeped picture planet poor little Post 8vo Saffron Hill sick sister sleep Small 4to smile song sorrow soul spot sprite stood story Sunbeam knew Sunbeam saw Super Royal 16mo Super-royal sure sweet task tears thing THOMAS DARNELL THOMAS HOOD thought tiny told touch trees voice watch Willy wonder words Zephyr
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