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... poor soul of ours often mount up from all she is , and all she must remain , upon the fret- ful nether earth , to all she would be , all she trusts to become , in the serene completion of some much - need- ed world beyond . This is no ...
... poor soul of ours often mount up from all she is , and all she must remain , upon the fret- ful nether earth , to all she would be , all she trusts to become , in the serene completion of some much - need- ed world beyond . This is no ...
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... poor fiddler's wife has no such showy satin robe as that from which he fondly unfolds his cherished Cremonese . It must be an Amati . But , soft you ! what is that wandering tone , pathetic and yet glad , like the sound of some old ...
... poor fiddler's wife has no such showy satin robe as that from which he fondly unfolds his cherished Cremonese . It must be an Amati . But , soft you ! what is that wandering tone , pathetic and yet glad , like the sound of some old ...
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... poor little part , making the most of himself , like an old opera- singer . The trumpet , not having to tune himself , is doing his best to put all his neighbors out of tune . But softly , softly ! There sits yonder , by those two ...
... poor little part , making the most of himself , like an old opera- singer . The trumpet , not having to tune himself , is doing his best to put all his neighbors out of tune . But softly , softly ! There sits yonder , by those two ...
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... poor woman just at the moment when she was being sucked under the paddle - wheel , and must , but for this timely rescue , have soon perished . But the child ? Where was the child ? The steam- er had drifted some way down with the ...
... poor woman just at the moment when she was being sucked under the paddle - wheel , and must , but for this timely rescue , have soon perished . But the child ? Where was the child ? The steam- er had drifted some way down with the ...
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... poor child is saved ! No ! Unconcerned , he has let the last desperate chance escape him . One stretch of that strong arm would have done it . One grasp of that firm hand might have easily seized the last patch of the blue blouse which ...
... poor child is saved ! No ! Unconcerned , he has let the last desperate chance escape him . One stretch of that strong arm would have done it . One grasp of that firm hand might have easily seized the last patch of the blue blouse which ...
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ALEXANDER WILLIAM KINGLAKE Amasis amethyst apparition appeared arms beautiful boat body Bois de Boulogne brain Breslau brother CHAPTER chateau child Cloth cold consciousness Count Edmond countenance countess croupiers DANIEL BUTTERFIELD dark dead death Divine door dream Dutch Republic ed balls Egyptian eternity face fancy fatal ring father feel Felix felt finger forever Gentleman in Black hand haps hast heard heart honor hour human imagination Juliet Kabyl least light lips living look Loreley man's melancholy ment mind mond mother mysterious nature never night noble object once pain papyrus passed passion patient perhaps physician poor ring rock seemed seize sensation sense Sethos side sight silent Silesia soul sound spectre strange stretched suddenly swimmer thee Theresa thing tion Trente et Quarante turned valet voice words young
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