Claude Spencer, and Waddles1869 - 16 pages |
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... Fanny , as was also the baby . Now our readers must not suppose from what little they have seen of Mr. Spencer's character , that he was either a harsh , or cruel father , far from it : he was a kind parent , really fond of his children ...
... Fanny , as was also the baby . Now our readers must not suppose from what little they have seen of Mr. Spencer's character , that he was either a harsh , or cruel father , far from it : he was a kind parent , really fond of his children ...
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... Fanny she requested her to come forward , but that little lady did not choose to do so , and replied , " She did not want . " " But that is very naughty and rude , " observed the stately Mrs. Wallis . 66 Come , shake hands at once ...
... Fanny she requested her to come forward , but that little lady did not choose to do so , and replied , " She did not want . " " But that is very naughty and rude , " observed the stately Mrs. Wallis . 66 Come , shake hands at once ...
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... Fanny stamped , and clung to him with all her strength . " Dont ' eave ' ittle Fanny dear pa , " cried she , " me want to go home , me hate that old ' oman . " Mr. Spencer was getting quite nervous , when Mrs. Wallis came , and tried to ...
... Fanny stamped , and clung to him with all her strength . " Dont ' eave ' ittle Fanny dear pa , " cried she , " me want to go home , me hate that old ' oman . " Mr. Spencer was getting quite nervous , when Mrs. Wallis came , and tried to ...
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... Fanny . Never having been a mother , she did not know how easy a matter it would have been had she taken up the little motherless creature , and nestled it in her bosom . With a soothing voice , and a few kisses ; this would soon have ...
... Fanny . Never having been a mother , she did not know how easy a matter it would have been had she taken up the little motherless creature , and nestled it in her bosom . With a soothing voice , and a few kisses ; this would soon have ...
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... Fanny . These are my marbles , and that ! oh ! please don't take that , its my steam - engine , which I made for mamma , only she died , and they would not let me take it to her . " But Mrs. Wallis could keep silence no longer , and ...
... Fanny . These are my marbles , and that ! oh ! please don't take that , its my steam - engine , which I made for mamma , only she died , and they would not let me take it to her . " But Mrs. Wallis could keep silence no longer , and ...
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Page 3 - And he look'd at her and said, " Bring the dress and put it on her, That she wore when she was wed.
Page 50 - Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses!
Page 47 - If I am right, Thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way.
Page 23 - BETWEEN the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupations, That is known as the Children's Hour. I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet.
Page 10 - And shouted but once more aloud, "My father! must I stay?" While o'er him fast, through sail and shroud, The wreathing fires made way. They...
Page 58 - Died on his lips, and their motion revealed what his tongue would have spoken. Vainly he strove to rise ; and Evangeline, kneeling beside him, Kissed his dying lips, and laid his head on her bosom. Sweet was the light of his eyes ; but it suddenly sank into darkness, As when a lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement.
Page 23 - Their graves are severed, far and wide, By mount, and stream, and sea. The same fond mother bent at night O'er each fair sleeping brow ; She had each folded flower in sight — Where are those dreamers now...
Page 60 - Gently the passing spirit fled, Sustained by grace divine ; Oh ! may such grace on me be shed, And make my end like thine.