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... girl , for such she was , was dressed in deep mourning , and as she threw off her hat , long masses of lovely , pale gold hair fell around and about a beautifully cut face of ashy paleness ; out of which , however , gleamed , like stars ...
... girl , for such she was , was dressed in deep mourning , and as she threw off her hat , long masses of lovely , pale gold hair fell around and about a beautifully cut face of ashy paleness ; out of which , however , gleamed , like stars ...
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Greville John Chester. hereafter . The girl was alone in a strange place , without friends , without acquaintances , and in a new and unknown sphere of existence . She was cold , and travel - worn , and tired , and she felt very desolate ...
Greville John Chester. hereafter . The girl was alone in a strange place , without friends , without acquaintances , and in a new and unknown sphere of existence . She was cold , and travel - worn , and tired , and she felt very desolate ...
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... girl's sorrowful heart ; and seeing , as she looked up , a homely sympathetic face looking down into her own , she rose hastily , wiped away her tears , and thankfully accepted the neighbourly invitation , adding that she had expected ...
... girl's sorrowful heart ; and seeing , as she looked up , a homely sympathetic face looking down into her own , she rose hastily , wiped away her tears , and thankfully accepted the neighbourly invitation , adding that she had expected ...
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... girl dashed into the room , seized her young mistress's hand , and , shaking it as if it had been a pump - handle , exclaimed in sten- torian tones- " Eh , Miss Evelyn , on'y to think as you should ha ' come when I was away , like a ...
... girl dashed into the room , seized her young mistress's hand , and , shaking it as if it had been a pump - handle , exclaimed in sten- torian tones- " Eh , Miss Evelyn , on'y to think as you should ha ' come when I was away , like a ...
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... girls . " " Ah ! " said Miss Manwaring , in a strange , dreamy tone of voice . " Ah ! how strange ! Yes , that name ought to be dear to me . I shall be glad to see her Grace to - morrow . " Miss Strong now committed her young companion ...
... girls . " " Ah ! " said Miss Manwaring , in a strange , dreamy tone of voice . " Ah ! how strange ! Yes , that name ought to be dear to me . I shall be glad to see her Grace to - morrow . " Miss Strong now committed her young companion ...
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Page 203 - Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever ; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long : And so make life, death, and that vast for-ever One grand, sweet song.
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Page 25 - ... just as if there were no such things in the world as daughters to be provided for; and he was perfectly content that it should be so.
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Page 135 - Question — divide, bah ! bah ! the house divided. 192] [193 college of Physicians, and doomed ' him to two years' additional study, if he intended to try his fortune at the bar — and all this merely because he was not a member of the church of England, although his acquirements might be such as would reflect honour on any University in which he might graduate? With respect to the...