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... coming along the road , and very eagerly the little girl watched him . " Oh ! sister Amy , " cried she , " here's ... coming up the gravel walk . Sarah shrank away from the window , and clapped her hands with delight . " Why he's coming ...
... coming along the road , and very eagerly the little girl watched him . " Oh ! sister Amy , " cried she , " here's ... coming up the gravel walk . Sarah shrank away from the window , and clapped her hands with delight . " Why he's coming ...
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... coming , nor appear to look on his visit as an intrusion ; and soon he was quite at home with them all , and when Amy , who had been out to Hannah , to try and make some addition to their homely dinner , returned , she was surprised to ...
... coming , nor appear to look on his visit as an intrusion ; and soon he was quite at home with them all , and when Amy , who had been out to Hannah , to try and make some addition to their homely dinner , returned , she was surprised to ...
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... day to Dr. Ashley , our old doctor , who attended us all for so many years . I thought perhaps he might be coming this way and would call ; but , although he wrote me a very kind reply , he does not even 16 IT MAY BE TRUE .
... day to Dr. Ashley , our old doctor , who attended us all for so many years . I thought perhaps he might be coming this way and would call ; but , although he wrote me a very kind reply , he does not even 16 IT MAY BE TRUE .
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... coming up the walk , she would first ask his opinion as to the necessity of a change ; and if he thought it necessary ? Then - then . Once again Amy sighed , and said , " It is my fate ; it must be so , " and then went out into the ...
... coming up the walk , she would first ask his opinion as to the necessity of a change ; and if he thought it necessary ? Then - then . Once again Amy sighed , and said , " It is my fate ; it must be so , " and then went out into the ...
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... coming to see Mamma . It is so very kind of you . " Amy knew nothing of the ten pound note so carefully stowed away in his waistcoat pocket for the ex- penses of his homeward journey . " Pray say no more , my dear Miss Neville , " he ...
... coming to see Mamma . It is so very kind of you . " Amy knew nothing of the ten pound note so carefully stowed away in his waistcoat pocket for the ex- penses of his homeward journey . " Pray say no more , my dear Miss Neville , " he ...
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Page 140 - And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever: it may be a sound — A tone of music— summer's eve — or spring — A flower — the wind — the ocean — which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound ; XXIV.
Page 179 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Page 140 - But ever and anon of griefs subdued There comes a token like a Scorpion's sting, Scarce seen, but with fresh bitterness imbued ; And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever...
Page 179 - I have done ; and howsoever My language may appear to you, it carries No other than my fair and just intent To your delights, without curb to their modest And noble freedom.