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Page 20
... heart by the scornful eyes of the unconscious Caroline . His figure had changed its proportions , as if by a wire- drawing process , since what it had gained in length was evidently subtracted from its breadth . The potato redness of ...
... heart by the scornful eyes of the unconscious Caroline . His figure had changed its proportions , as if by a wire- drawing process , since what it had gained in length was evidently subtracted from its breadth . The potato redness of ...
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... heart , the good aunt's letters had assumed a different tone . Caroline had become very healthy and blooming , and went out a good deal . She had become acquainted with " number of world's people , " so wrote her kind and scrupulous ...
... heart , the good aunt's letters had assumed a different tone . Caroline had become very healthy and blooming , and went out a good deal . She had become acquainted with " number of world's people , " so wrote her kind and scrupulous ...
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... heart on seeing her sister to - night , if it may be . I think Joseph Ellingham's is but a few miles beyond this ? " 66 Ellingham's ! " repeated more than one voice , as if unconsciously , while each looked to each as if in perplexity ...
... heart on seeing her sister to - night , if it may be . I think Joseph Ellingham's is but a few miles beyond this ? " 66 Ellingham's ! " repeated more than one voice , as if unconsciously , while each looked to each as if in perplexity ...
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... heart - wrung sobs with prayers and in- coherent and bitter lamentations . " Lydia ! " said her husband , " my dear Lydia , recollect thyself , " and as he bent over her his tears dropped fast upon her smooth cap ; " our Heavenly Father ...
... heart - wrung sobs with prayers and in- coherent and bitter lamentations . " Lydia ! " said her husband , " my dear Lydia , recollect thyself , " and as he bent over her his tears dropped fast upon her smooth cap ; " our Heavenly Father ...
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... heart . Much as she loved the dear inmates - of the plentiful farm - house , and she loved them as dearly as ever , an air of coarse- ness , which she had never before observed , met her at every turn . Her mother's dress and ...
... heart . Much as she loved the dear inmates - of the plentiful farm - house , and she loved them as dearly as ever , an air of coarse- ness , which she had never before observed , met her at every turn . Her mother's dress and ...
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