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... heart , in place of beating as it once did seventy - eight in the minute , pulsated only forty - five times in this interval , — a fact to be easily explained by the per- fect quiescence to which I was reduced , and the consequent ...
... heart , in place of beating as it once did seventy - eight in the minute , pulsated only forty - five times in this interval , — a fact to be easily explained by the per- fect quiescence to which I was reduced , and the consequent ...
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... heart more than once that she would marry him ; and if the old folks had known this , they might as well have held their peace . Hobert did not dream that she had talked thus to her heart , and , with his constitutional timidity , he ...
... heart more than once that she would marry him ; and if the old folks had known this , they might as well have held their peace . Hobert did not dream that she had talked thus to her heart , and , with his constitutional timidity , he ...
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... heart was so sick and so weighed down with shadows ; and she told him this with a simple earnestness that admitted of no doubt , concluding with , " I only wish , Hobert , I could say or do something to comfort you . " " Then you will ...
... heart was so sick and so weighed down with shadows ; and she told him this with a simple earnestness that admitted of no doubt , concluding with , " I only wish , Hobert , I could say or do something to comfort you . " " Then you will ...
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... heart melted in the least when he learned that his friend and neighbor was no more . He evinced surprise , and made some blunt and coarse inquiries , but that was the amount . " The widder is left purty destitute , I reckon , " he said ...
... heart melted in the least when he learned that his friend and neighbor was no more . He evinced surprise , and made some blunt and coarse inquiries , but that was the amount . " The widder is left purty destitute , I reckon , " he said ...
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... heart , such as many a loving and trusting maiden had sung before her . What could keep Hobert ? She knew it was not his will that kept him ; and though her heart began to be heavy , she harbored therein no thought of re- proach . By ...
... heart , such as many a loving and trusting maiden had sung before her . What could keep Hobert ? She knew it was not his will that kept him ; and though her heart began to be heavy , she harbored therein no thought of re- proach . By ...
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