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Page 13
... Tears quivered in his soft , blue eyes , like dew in the bell of the hyacinth , if she were no longer visible . Yet , when in a moment she returned , a smile of the spirit would beam through , and rule the convulsions of physical agony ...
... Tears quivered in his soft , blue eyes , like dew in the bell of the hyacinth , if she were no longer visible . Yet , when in a moment she returned , a smile of the spirit would beam through , and rule the convulsions of physical agony ...
Page 23
... tear , she uttered in the low tone of mental devotion , “ I thank Thee that I am not alone , for Thou art with me . ' Tenderly im- pressed by a renovation of her woes , yet gratefully revolv- ing the short space which separated her from ...
... tear , she uttered in the low tone of mental devotion , “ I thank Thee that I am not alone , for Thou art with me . ' Tenderly im- pressed by a renovation of her woes , yet gratefully revolv- ing the short space which separated her from ...
Page 37
... Tears flowed over their sad faces , as they gazed upon the lifeless forms ; but on the countenances of the men , was a dark expression , as if they remembered that they were but servants , where once their fathers were lords . This ...
... Tears flowed over their sad faces , as they gazed upon the lifeless forms ; but on the countenances of the men , was a dark expression , as if they remembered that they were but servants , where once their fathers were lords . This ...
Page 75
... tears , as when he last said , " Good bye , mother . " When I went to bed , and all was darkness , his pale corpse lay stretched before me , and I trembled with agony as when I bore him . But through that long sleepless night , the same ...
... tears , as when he last said , " Good bye , mother . " When I went to bed , and all was darkness , his pale corpse lay stretched before me , and I trembled with agony as when I bore him . But through that long sleepless night , the same ...
Page 78
... tear him . Yet when I appeared , he would sometimes say , that my sight was hateful to him , as theirs . His pain ... tears . I feared to say much to him , because of his weakness ; but I thanked my Father in Heaven for his altered ...
... tear him . Yet when I appeared , he would sometimes say , that my sight was hateful to him , as theirs . His pain ... tears . I feared to say much to him , because of his weakness ; but I thanked my Father in Heaven for his altered ...
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