The Home: Or, Family Cares and Family Joys, Volume 2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843 - Swedish fiction |
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... leave me , that those roses which I saw in my dream are hidden in me ; that they may yet bloom , yet rejoice and make happy . The idea will remain with me that this reserved , melancholy heart might yet expand itself by an affectionate ...
... leave me , that those roses which I saw in my dream are hidden in me ; that they may yet bloom , yet rejoice and make happy . The idea will remain with me that this reserved , melancholy heart might yet expand itself by an affectionate ...
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... leave the egotist in your hand : do with him what you will , he will still remain " YOURS . " This letter made Eva very anxious and uneasy . She would so willingly have said yes , and made so good a man happy , but then so many voices ...
... leave the egotist in your hand : do with him what you will , he will still remain " YOURS . " This letter made Eva very anxious and uneasy . She would so willingly have said yes , and made so good a man happy , but then so many voices ...
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... leave it ! " was the unanimous chorus of all the family . The father , indeed , was actually desperate with all this courtship ; and the mother thought it quite absurd that her blooming Eva and Jeremias Munter should go together . No ...
... leave it ! " was the unanimous chorus of all the family . The father , indeed , was actually desperate with all this courtship ; and the mother thought it quite absurd that her blooming Eva and Jeremias Munter should go together . No ...
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... leave you suddenly to go into the wide world , and should never return ? " " What should I say ? " answered Petrea , with a violent gush of tears : " ah , I should say nothing at all , but should lie down and die of grief ! " " Do you ...
... leave you suddenly to go into the wide world , and should never return ? " " What should I say ? " answered Petrea , with a violent gush of tears : " ah , I should say nothing at all , but should lie down and die of grief ! " " Do you ...
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... mode of speech ! I have the right of a guardian over you , and I forbid this unholy marriage ! I forbid you to leave my house ! You hear me , and you shall obey ! " Sara stood up as pale as death , and with 22 FAMILY CARES.
... mode of speech ! I have the right of a guardian over you , and I forbid this unholy marriage ! I forbid you to leave my house ! You hear me , and you shall obey ! " Sara stood up as pale as death , and with 22 FAMILY CARES.
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