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... face , so illuminated by the pleasure praise seldom fails to con- vey , however administered , that the gentleman thought he had seldom seen so intelligent a countenance , or been regarded with a look so prepossessing . He was recalled ...
... face , so illuminated by the pleasure praise seldom fails to con- vey , however administered , that the gentleman thought he had seldom seen so intelligent a countenance , or been regarded with a look so prepossessing . He was recalled ...
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... face was very pale , but his black eyes were full of intelligence ; and the brown hair , which hung in clustering curls on his forehead , gave him , notwithstanding his wan looks and shabby clothes , the air of a child who had seen ...
... face was very pale , but his black eyes were full of intelligence ; and the brown hair , which hung in clustering curls on his forehead , gave him , notwithstanding his wan looks and shabby clothes , the air of a child who had seen ...
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... face and weeping eyes — and lastly , the wasted form and pallid countenance of his mother , on which it rested with an expression of sorrow that seemed to con- centrate all human misery . The boy flew into his father's arms ; he sobbed ...
... face and weeping eyes — and lastly , the wasted form and pallid countenance of his mother , on which it rested with an expression of sorrow that seemed to con- centrate all human misery . The boy flew into his father's arms ; he sobbed ...
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... face on her lap , burst into tears , —at the same time seizing her hand , which he devoured with kisses , he placed in it a crown piece , and two shillings . " My child ! my dear boy ! who gave you this money ? " " Oh , mother ! mother ...
... face on her lap , burst into tears , —at the same time seizing her hand , which he devoured with kisses , he placed in it a crown piece , and two shillings . " My child ! my dear boy ! who gave you this money ? " " Oh , mother ! mother ...
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... face and the baby's with pencil only , for many weeks , but I would not waste paint on it till I was quite sure of doing good ; because many a time when I have seen father waste things , you have looked so sad , and given such deep ...
... face and the baby's with pencil only , for many weeks , but I would not waste paint on it till I was quite sure of doing good ; because many a time when I have seen father waste things , you have looked so sad , and given such deep ...
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