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... interest in her usual occupations was as keen as ever . It had been a great comfort to be allowed to talk to Kathleen and her mother , and to be sympathized with as they sympathized with her . But the habit of prayer that Stella had ...
... interest in her usual occupations was as keen as ever . It had been a great comfort to be allowed to talk to Kathleen and her mother , and to be sympathized with as they sympathized with her . But the habit of prayer that Stella had ...
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... interest ( unless her love for her grandfather might come under that head ) or self - glorification mixed with her motive , and that it was the simple desire to help him , and indifference to what her own trouble in doing so might be ...
... interest ( unless her love for her grandfather might come under that head ) or self - glorification mixed with her motive , and that it was the simple desire to help him , and indifference to what her own trouble in doing so might be ...
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... interest in the discovery , as she was quite certain that the existence of the door was known to no one , and the thickness of the wood of the ivy that had covered it was sufficient proof that it had been thus covered for long , long ...
... interest in the discovery , as she was quite certain that the existence of the door was known to no one , and the thickness of the wood of the ivy that had covered it was sufficient proof that it had been thus covered for long , long ...
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... interest in my little heroine and her trials and disappointments and final success ; if they have , they will probably agree with me that the eve of her return to Des- borough a year and a half after the discovery in the ruins of ...
... interest in my little heroine and her trials and disappointments and final success ; if they have , they will probably agree with me that the eve of her return to Des- borough a year and a half after the discovery in the ruins of ...
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... interest of the subject commend itself very largely to those engaged in tuition . CAST ADRIFT : The Story of a Waif . By MRS . HERBERT MARTIN , Author of " The Daisy Root , " etc. Eight Illustrations by Miss C. PATERSON . Small Post 8vo ...
... interest of the subject commend itself very largely to those engaged in tuition . CAST ADRIFT : The Story of a Waif . By MRS . HERBERT MARTIN , Author of " The Daisy Root , " etc. Eight Illustrations by Miss C. PATERSON . Small Post 8vo ...
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