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... daughter Grace , an only child , a tall , slim , auburn - haired girl of nineteen . She was by no means a striking beauty , this farmer's daughter , who had been educated beyond her station , the little world of Kingsbury in general ...
... daughter Grace , an only child , a tall , slim , auburn - haired girl of nineteen . She was by no means a striking beauty , this farmer's daughter , who had been educated beyond her station , the little world of Kingsbury in general ...
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... daughter sing to him in the summer twilight before supper , and loved the soft low voice no less if it sometimes lulled him into un- premeditated slumber , from which a sharp clatter in the adjacent kitchen , and the voice of Mrs. James ...
... daughter sing to him in the summer twilight before supper , and loved the soft low voice no less if it sometimes lulled him into un- premeditated slumber , from which a sharp clatter in the adjacent kitchen , and the voice of Mrs. James ...
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... daughter , whom he loved better than anything else in the world ; but the thought of her only made him more eager to seek his fortune far afield . Unless he did something - something as desperate as this - and succeeded , Brierwood must ...
... daughter , whom he loved better than anything else in the world ; but the thought of her only made him more eager to seek his fortune far afield . Unless he did something - something as desperate as this - and succeeded , Brierwood must ...
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... daughter Grace . The scene between these two was a bitter one . The girl loved her father passionately . What else had she ever had to love with all the strength of her nature , which was a warm and loving one ? Until this moment he had ...
... daughter Grace . The scene between these two was a bitter one . The girl loved her father passionately . What else had she ever had to love with all the strength of her nature , which was a warm and loving one ? Until this moment he had ...
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... daughter - still harder to be aunt Hannah's niece ; aunt Hannah , who was so painfully industrious , and had a ... daughters and doctors ' daughters at Miss Toulmin's - damsels for whom life was to be a 22 TO THE BITTER END .
... daughter - still harder to be aunt Hannah's niece ; aunt Hannah , who was so painfully industrious , and had a ... daughters and doctors ' daughters at Miss Toulmin's - damsels for whom life was to be a 22 TO THE BITTER END .
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Page 242 - Romeo: and when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.
Page 127 - Here, my dear friend," he suddenly exclaimed, as he pulled a couple of little parcels out of his pocket, "is a quarter of a pound of tea and half a pound of sugar, for, though it is not in my power at present to return you the two guineas, you nor any man else shall ever have it to say that I want gratitude.
Page 140 - As one dead in the bottom of a tomb : Either my eyesight fails, or thou look'st pale. Rom. And trust me, love, in my eye so do you : Dry sorrow drinks our blood. — Adieu ! Juliet farewell !— My life !— Jul.