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... brave bees hummed over the latest flowers ; and the golden leaves of the autumn trees shook and rustled in the sunshine , as the wind passed through the branches . Everywhere was movement , everywhere freshness and the sentiment of life ...
... brave bees hummed over the latest flowers ; and the golden leaves of the autumn trees shook and rustled in the sunshine , as the wind passed through the branches . Everywhere was movement , everywhere freshness and the sentiment of life ...
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... brave to sea and sky ; and then , as if to meet her brighter mood , she heard a firm , swift , manly step come down the lane and stop at the little wicket - gate of the garden . Immediately after she was leaning out of the window framed ...
... brave to sea and sky ; and then , as if to meet her brighter mood , she heard a firm , swift , manly step come down the lane and stop at the little wicket - gate of the garden . Immediately after she was leaning out of the window framed ...
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... brave and strong , but not beyond blushing like a girl on occasions . " True all the same , " he continued . " What I thought was as plain as that two and two make four , he showed me had this bearing and that meaning I had never seen ...
... brave and strong , but not beyond blushing like a girl on occasions . " True all the same , " he continued . " What I thought was as plain as that two and two make four , he showed me had this bearing and that meaning I had never seen ...
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... brave as men , heroically indifferent to danger and clever in getting out of it ; courage and presence of mind being the qualities he most admired after truth and loyalty . VOL . I. And Patricia was really a E very good seawoman . She ...
... brave as men , heroically indifferent to danger and clever in getting out of it ; courage and presence of mind being the qualities he most admired after truth and loyalty . VOL . I. And Patricia was really a E very good seawoman . She ...
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... brave as the other , and each thinking for the others , " If only they could be saved , I should be content to die ! " Sea - birds wheeled and screamed above their heads , and dipped their slanting wings in the foam that flew over the ...
... brave as the other , and each thinking for the others , " If only they could be saved , I should be content to die ! " Sea - birds wheeled and screamed above their heads , and dipped their slanting wings in the foam that flew over the ...
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