Cornertown Chronicles: New Legends of Old Lore. [With Illustrations.]Griffith and Farran, 1880 - 256 pages |
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... hands . " There is a young and happy creature to tend 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 ...
... hands . " There is a young and happy creature to tend 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 ...
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... hand in hand with her fifty years ' bridegroom , both looking as shy and happy , as tremulous and tearful as they had done that day fifty years ago . Then the presents ; how grand they were ! Most of them gold , some of them gilt , one ...
... hand in hand with her fifty years ' bridegroom , both looking as shy and happy , as tremulous and tearful as they had done that day fifty years ago . Then the presents ; how grand they were ! Most of them gold , some of them gilt , one ...
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... hands placed on their heads ; for it was thought there was virtue in a bride's touch , and still more when her marriage was for heaven . After that came the feast , and it was a pretty sight to see the old grandmother going round the ...
... hands placed on their heads ; for it was thought there was virtue in a bride's touch , and still more when her marriage was for heaven . After that came the feast , and it was a pretty sight to see the old grandmother going round the ...
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... hands , with the sounds of music and dancing around them , the aged couple told the story of their love , while Netta sat on a stool at their feet and listened . " It was all a mistake , good wife , " said the bridegroom , with a shrewd ...
... hands , with the sounds of music and dancing around them , the aged couple told the story of their love , while Netta sat on a stool at their feet and listened . " It was all a mistake , good wife , " said the bridegroom , with a shrewd ...
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... hand ; " but no one can know or tell that better than I can . Ah ! how it all comes back to me . How Fiddy urged and prayed and I cried , and my father at last consented , and we were married - fifty years ago . It was summer then , and ...
... hand ; " but no one can know or tell that better than I can . Ah ! how it all comes back to me . How Fiddy urged and prayed and I cried , and my father at last consented , and we were married - fifty years ago . It was summer then , and ...
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