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... short time before - that several little boys and girls , Miss Edgeworth's nephews and nieces , were so delighted with the " TALES FROM DENMARK , " that they not only read and re- read them continually , but used to act the stories ...
... short time before - that several little boys and girls , Miss Edgeworth's nephews and nieces , were so delighted with the " TALES FROM DENMARK , " that they not only read and re- read them continually , but used to act the stories ...
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... short moment ; but sleep was in my eyes . She stood on the balcony , and shone as the aurora borealis shines : flowers , too , were there , like living flames ! Relate ! re- late ! Thou wert on the balcony , thou wentest through the ...
... short moment ; but sleep was in my eyes . She stood on the balcony , and shone as the aurora borealis shines : flowers , too , were there , like living flames ! Relate ! re- late ! Thou wert on the balcony , thou wentest through the ...
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... short and stout ; he went at the side , a little in front of the ranks : he had , too , but one joint in his back , so that he could only make one bow ; but he said , if man were to cut him off , such an one were no longer fit for ...
... short and stout ; he went at the side , a little in front of the ranks : he had , too , but one joint in his back , so that he could only make one bow ; but he said , if man were to cut him off , such an one were no longer fit for ...
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... and fog , in the short bright summer nights , as well as in the long nights of winter , in pelt- ing snow - storms , when one longed after the passage that led to the snug underground dwelling - then THE OLD STREET LAMP . 103.
... and fog , in the short bright summer nights , as well as in the long nights of winter , in pelt- ing snow - storms , when one longed after the passage that led to the snug underground dwelling - then THE OLD STREET LAMP . 103.
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... This is a truly valuable book . " - Christian Guardian . " We cordially recommend the work to the careful study of all Christian ladies . " - Englishwoman's Magazine . SUCCESSORS TO J. HARRIS . 7 SHORT AND SIMPLE PRAYERS.
... This is a truly valuable book . " - Christian Guardian . " We cordially recommend the work to the careful study of all Christian ladies . " - Englishwoman's Magazine . SUCCESSORS TO J. HARRIS . 7 SHORT AND SIMPLE PRAYERS.
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