Claude Spencer, and Waddles1869 - 16 pages |
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... neck . little white collar was twisted round ; the black ribbon by which it was secured , hanging loosely over his left shoulder . He entered the room in a careless , graceful manner ; carrying in his hands a large ball . He stood for ...
... neck . little white collar was twisted round ; the black ribbon by which it was secured , hanging loosely over his left shoulder . He entered the room in a careless , graceful manner ; carrying in his hands a large ball . He stood for ...
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... in quieting her ; and the child clung to her neck , until the poor girl fairly gasped for breath . The children soon gathered round her , as she removed their things . The poor girl seemed greatly struck Claude Spencer . 15.
... in quieting her ; and the child clung to her neck , until the poor girl fairly gasped for breath . The children soon gathered round her , as she removed their things . The poor girl seemed greatly struck Claude Spencer . 15.
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... neck , cried , " Give it her , darling , you know dear mamma always used to tell us to obey papa ; and papa said before he left us we must mind be good children , and obedient to Mrs. Wallis , so give it up ; and mamma will be so ...
... neck , cried , " Give it her , darling , you know dear mamma always used to tell us to obey papa ; and papa said before he left us we must mind be good children , and obedient to Mrs. Wallis , so give it up ; and mamma will be so ...
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... neck ; whilst every now and then a sob escaped her . And thus they slept . No mother's tender good - night kiss had lingered on those cherub lips . No father's fond " God bless my pets , " had soothed those little souls to rest . No ...
... neck ; whilst every now and then a sob escaped her . And thus they slept . No mother's tender good - night kiss had lingered on those cherub lips . No father's fond " God bless my pets , " had soothed those little souls to rest . No ...
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... a pair of tiny arms were clasped convulsively round his neck . " Deary Claude - you come to Fanny - she so frightened , " cried a little voice , and a pair of fat hands were pushed into his bosom , as she listened Claude Spencer . 29.
... a pair of tiny arms were clasped convulsively round his neck . " Deary Claude - you come to Fanny - she so frightened , " cried a little voice , and a pair of fat hands were pushed into his bosom , as she listened Claude Spencer . 29.
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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.