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... hand . Alice Littleton , then nearly sixteen years old , was in all the pride and bloom of youth and innocence . Her tall form and well - developed bust gave her an appearance womanly beyond her years , and every movement showed the ...
... hand . Alice Littleton , then nearly sixteen years old , was in all the pride and bloom of youth and innocence . Her tall form and well - developed bust gave her an appearance womanly beyond her years , and every movement showed the ...
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... hand , is at first un- attractive , modest , and shy . It is often passed by unnoticed , and the frequent insults it suffers from vice have made it timid and retiring . Vice woos us ; virtue we must woo . Mrs. Turner's time and thoughts ...
... hand , is at first un- attractive , modest , and shy . It is often passed by unnoticed , and the frequent insults it suffers from vice have made it timid and retiring . Vice woos us ; virtue we must woo . Mrs. Turner's time and thoughts ...
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... hands demurely before her , cast down her eyes , and waited , with a serio - comic expression , until it should please him to speak . " How old are you ? " he said , at length , rather abruptly . " And that's what I call an exceedingly ...
... hands demurely before her , cast down her eyes , and waited , with a serio - comic expression , until it should please him to speak . " How old are you ? " he said , at length , rather abruptly . " And that's what I call an exceedingly ...
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... hand than his own in the erection of his princely wealth , and consequently deemed it his natural right to have and hold his possessions for his own enjoyment alone . The duty of benevolence was unknown to him ; but still there was ...
... hand than his own in the erection of his princely wealth , and consequently deemed it his natural right to have and hold his possessions for his own enjoyment alone . The duty of benevolence was unknown to him ; but still there was ...
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... hand filled her with delight . Her face beamed with pleasure . Her father's first words had driven every other thought from her head . She was soon to behold , in all their brilliant reality , the scenes on which her childish fancy had ...
... hand filled her with delight . Her face beamed with pleasure . Her father's first words had driven every other thought from her head . She was soon to behold , in all their brilliant reality , the scenes on which her childish fancy had ...
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