Cornertown Chronicles: New Legends of Old Lore. [With Illustrations.]Griffith and Farran, 1880 - 256 pages |
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... them ; with me they might droop and die , or the buds might never blossom ; it is best as it is . " And the little old maid's face would grow quite bright as she looked at Netta and her flowers , 20 CORNERTOWN CHRONICLES .
... them ; with me they might droop and die , or the buds might never blossom ; it is best as it is . " And the little old maid's face would grow quite bright as she looked at Netta and her flowers , 20 CORNERTOWN CHRONICLES .
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... face , " mild and now that we are old we might perhaps be getting afraid to die ; but we are not so poor spirited , we have had so much love on earth , that we know there must be a great deal more of it in heaven . We have had one ...
... face , " mild and now that we are old we might perhaps be getting afraid to die ; but we are not so poor spirited , we have had so much love on earth , that we know there must be a great deal more of it in heaven . We have had one ...
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... face look quite young and fresh , she began , - So , " Dear , dear , how well I remember that little old woman in red , though I have not seen her since I was a young girl like yourself , my dear . Somehow , the grown - up folks in ...
... face look quite young and fresh , she began , - So , " Dear , dear , how well I remember that little old woman in red , though I have not seen her since I was a young girl like yourself , my dear . Somehow , the grown - up folks in ...
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... faces beaming with satisfaction . But the poor woman , exasperated with the fairy and with everybody else , turned fiercely on her friends , and declared that she was not a bit dis- appointed ; it was only what she expected . The flower ...
... faces beaming with satisfaction . But the poor woman , exasperated with the fairy and with everybody else , turned fiercely on her friends , and declared that she was not a bit dis- appointed ; it was only what she expected . The flower ...
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... face of Truth as she sits , a queen ? The seeker after truth has no longer a life than his fellows . It is this which makes me sorrowful . I must go down to the grave , and never know the secrets which I shall have spent my life in ...
... face of Truth as she sits , a queen ? The seeker after truth has no longer a life than his fellows . It is this which makes me sorrowful . I must go down to the grave , and never know the secrets which I shall have spent my life in ...
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