Life ...Houghton, Mifflin, 1874 - 208 pages |
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Page 16
... tears and a long - drawn breath , lessens ; while pity as a motive is quickened , and gains power and purpose . It is well for poor human nature that it is so . The operating theatre is crowded ; much talk and fun , and all the ...
... tears and a long - drawn breath , lessens ; while pity as a motive is quickened , and gains power and purpose . It is well for poor human nature that it is so . The operating theatre is crowded ; much talk and fun , and all the ...
Page 22
... tears ; Rab licked it all over carefully , looked at her , and returned to his place under the table . James and I sat , I don't know how long , but for some time , saying nothing . He started up abruptly , and with some noise went to ...
... tears ; Rab licked it all over carefully , looked at her , and returned to his place under the table . James and I sat , I don't know how long , but for some time , saying nothing . He started up abruptly , and with some noise went to ...
Page 30
... tears into which the emotional races fall at such times . He opened his lips with a kind of dry click , and went on : " I hunted about the whole forenoon in the city , and at last I found the children . I'd been gone so long they did n ...
... tears into which the emotional races fall at such times . He opened his lips with a kind of dry click , and went on : " I hunted about the whole forenoon in the city , and at last I found the children . I'd been gone so long they did n ...
Page 121
... of these books has been in the wars ; some are unquestionable antiques . The tears of three generations have fallen upon their dusky pages . The VOL . IV . 6 - heroes and the heroines are of another age than DREAMTHORP . 121.
... of these books has been in the wars ; some are unquestionable antiques . The tears of three generations have fallen upon their dusky pages . The VOL . IV . 6 - heroes and the heroines are of another age than DREAMTHORP . 121.
Page 123
... tears and blushes and laughter as of yore . Thus it spends its age , and in a few years it will become unintelligible , and then , in the dust - bin , like poor human mortals in the grave , it will rest from all its labors . It is ...
... tears and blushes and laughter as of yore . Thus it spends its age , and in a few years it will become unintelligible , and then , in the dust - bin , like poor human mortals in the grave , it will rest from all its labors . It is ...
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