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Page 15
... arms . Are we not tending upward too , As fast as time can move ? And should we wish the hours more slow That bear us to our love ? " The words rose in old " China , " - that strange , wild warble , whose quaintly blended harmonies ...
... arms . Are we not tending upward too , As fast as time can move ? And should we wish the hours more slow That bear us to our love ? " The words rose in old " China , " - that strange , wild warble , whose quaintly blended harmonies ...
Page 28
... arms , talking to it that jargon of tender nonsense which fairies bring as love - gifts to all who tend a cradle . Many a day the good little old grandmother called the aid of gossips about her , trying various experiments of catnip ...
... arms , talking to it that jargon of tender nonsense which fairies bring as love - gifts to all who tend a cradle . Many a day the good little old grandmother called the aid of gossips about her , trying various experiments of catnip ...
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... arms on a chair and looks through the open kitchen - door far , far off where the horizon line of the blue sea dissolves in the blue sky . " See that child now , Roxy , " said Miss Ruey , who sat stitching beside her ; " do look at her ...
... arms on a chair and looks through the open kitchen - door far , far off where the horizon line of the blue sea dissolves in the blue sky . " See that child now , Roxy , " said Miss Ruey , who sat stitching beside her ; " do look at her ...
Page 36
... arms , disappeared through the door , with the golden curls fluttering over her own crow- black hair . The fact was , that Sally , at that moment , was as happy as human creature could be , with a keenness of happiness that children who ...
... arms , disappeared through the door , with the golden curls fluttering over her own crow- black hair . The fact was , that Sally , at that moment , was as happy as human creature could be , with a keenness of happiness that children who ...
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... arm , with the greatest ease , to the farther part of his bench , and bringing up a board , from which he proceeded to roll off shavings in fine satin rings , which perfectly delighted the hearts of the children , and made them dance ...
... arm , with the greatest ease , to the farther part of his bench , and bringing up a board , from which he proceeded to roll off shavings in fine satin rings , which perfectly delighted the hearts of the children , and made them dance ...
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The Pearl of Orr's Island: A Story of the Coast of Maine (Classic Reprint) Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe No preview available - 2015 |
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