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... look so prepossessing . He was recalled from his observations on the boy , by the words which immediately fell from the mother , accompanied by a look of apprehensive tenderness lest her son should be injured by the flattery he had ...
... look so prepossessing . He was recalled from his observations on the boy , by the words which immediately fell from the mother , accompanied by a look of apprehensive tenderness lest her son should be injured by the flattery he had ...
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... people's children , it will not be found that scanty meals and long protracted fasts produce firm flesh and ruddy looks . Agnes well remem- bered that her boys at Manchester were blessed with both 24 THE SON OF A GENIUS .
... people's children , it will not be found that scanty meals and long protracted fasts produce firm flesh and ruddy looks . Agnes well remem- bered that her boys at Manchester were blessed with both 24 THE SON OF A GENIUS .
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... look up to her heavenly Father for consolation and strength . After three years ' residence in a rich , populous ... looks and shabby clothes , the air of a child who had seen better days - especially as his face and the collar of his ...
... look up to her heavenly Father for consolation and strength . After three years ' residence in a rich , populous ... looks and shabby clothes , the air of a child who had seen better days - especially as his face and the collar of his ...
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... look , my dear ; but you know we can only have a right to do so by controlling our immoderate grief . It is natural that you should mourn for Raphael , that you should lament parting with your father at such a time of affliction , for ...
... look , my dear ; but you know we can only have a right to do so by controlling our immoderate grief . It is natural that you should mourn for Raphael , that you should lament parting with your father at such a time of affliction , for ...
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... look towards the melancholy corner which con- tained the loved remains of his brother , he busied himself with looking up several articles that were scattered round the room , but with an air of such quietness , that his mother fancied ...
... look towards the melancholy corner which con- tained the loved remains of his brother , he busied himself with looking up several articles that were scattered round the room , but with an air of such quietness , that his mother fancied ...
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