The Home: Or, Family Cares and Family Joys, Volume 2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843 - Swedish fiction |
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... remain with me that this reserved , melancholy heart might yet expand itself by an affectionate touch ; that there are precious stones within it , which would beam brightly for those who called them forth into light FAMILY CARES.
... remain with me that this reserved , melancholy heart might yet expand itself by an affectionate touch ; that there are precious stones within it , which would beam brightly for those who called them forth into light FAMILY CARES.
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... remain so always ? Will my life never bloom upon earth ? Will no breath of heaven call forth my roses ? " Do you fear my melancholy temperament ? Oh , you have not seen how a glance , a word of yours chases every cloud from my brow ...
... remain so always ? Will my life never bloom upon earth ? Will no breath of heaven call forth my roses ? " Do you fear my melancholy temperament ? Oh , you have not seen how a glance , a word of yours chases every cloud from my brow ...
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... 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 within her said no ! She spoke with her parents , with her brother and ...
... 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 within her said no ! She spoke with her parents , with her brother and ...
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... not venture to lay your delicate white hand upon it , little Miss Eva ; will not trouble yourself to breathe warmth upon my poor roses ! Let them then remain in their grave ! " I shall now make a journey , nor see AND FAMILY JOYS . 5.
... not venture to lay your delicate white hand upon it , little Miss Eva ; will not trouble yourself to breathe warmth upon my poor roses ! Let them then remain in their grave ! " I shall now make a journey , nor see AND FAMILY JOYS . 5.
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... remain under our protection , and do not cast yourself , in- experienced as you are , on a world which will only lead you more astray . Do not , in order to win an ideal liberty , give your hand to a man inferior to you in ...
... remain under our protection , and do not cast yourself , in- experienced as you are , on a world which will only lead you more astray . Do not , in order to win an ideal liberty , give your hand to a man inferior to you in ...
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