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... comfort in the valuelessness of the thing lost , " or it would have taught him mine . He could never have believed in me , or he would not have thought this ( with a glance at the splendid comfort of the room where she was sitting ) ...
... comfort in the valuelessness of the thing lost , " or it would have taught him mine . He could never have believed in me , or he would not have thought this ( with a glance at the splendid comfort of the room where she was sitting ) ...
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... comfort Mr Leslie was to them both . We look upon him now almost as one of the family , and papa persuaded him to make our house in town his home for the pre- sent . We all feel so grateful to him , you see . " • Oh , yes ; Zara saw The ...
... comfort Mr Leslie was to them both . We look upon him now almost as one of the family , and papa persuaded him to make our house in town his home for the pre- sent . We all feel so grateful to him , you see . " • Oh , yes ; Zara saw The ...
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... comfort to the arms of our great mother Nature , but her heart went out on a new rush of sympathetic feeling towards the vast mass of humanity striving and suffering , unknown , so near to her . How many must there be whose hearts were ...
... comfort to the arms of our great mother Nature , but her heart went out on a new rush of sympathetic feeling towards the vast mass of humanity striving and suffering , unknown , so near to her . How many must there be whose hearts were ...
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... comfort conferred would be equally great . Perceiving that Zara had lost the thread of their conversation , Frank helped her difficulty by another question , -Where was Major Lennox ? " Still on the Continent . . . . ” " The best place ...
... comfort conferred would be equally great . Perceiving that Zara had lost the thread of their conversation , Frank helped her difficulty by another question , -Where was Major Lennox ? " Still on the Continent . . . . ” " The best place ...
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... comfort , I am to know no longer ! " She paced the floor with hurried steps for a few minutes , and then sat down and wrote a short note to Mrs Erskine - the purport of which was to tell her friend that she was prevented from coming to ...
... comfort , I am to know no longer ! " She paced the floor with hurried steps for a few minutes , and then sat down and wrote a short note to Mrs Erskine - the purport of which was to tell her friend that she was prevented from coming to ...
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