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... dear Ellesif , " she said , " I should have cared for it just as little as if I had played wrong at cards ; and who would weep about that ? You must know , Señor Guevara , that this foolish sister of mine is all made up of nerves , and ...
... dear Ellesif , " she said , " I should have cared for it just as little as if I had played wrong at cards ; and who would weep about that ? You must know , Señor Guevara , that this foolish sister of mine is all made up of nerves , and ...
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... followed . Ellesif sung as sweetly as she spoke , and Theodore excused the pleasure he found in listening to her , by attributing it to the national air which revived the idea of dear and roman- tic Norway 30 THE RECLUSE OF NORWAY .
... followed . Ellesif sung as sweetly as she spoke , and Theodore excused the pleasure he found in listening to her , by attributing it to the national air which revived the idea of dear and roman- tic Norway 30 THE RECLUSE OF NORWAY .
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Anna Maria Porter. which revived the idea of dear and roman- tic Norway . When she had finished , his only eulogium was a request that she would sing it again . Ellesif immediately consented ; and as she now and then ... dear and roman- ...
Anna Maria Porter. which revived the idea of dear and roman- tic Norway . When she had finished , his only eulogium was a request that she would sing it again . Ellesif immediately consented ; and as she now and then ... dear and roman- ...
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... dear Sir , " cried Anastasia , calling to her father , " have the goodness to take this unmerciful Chevalier off my hands ; he is talking me to death . " Count Lauvenheilm saw that his daughter was distressed by the half serious , half ...
... dear Sir , " cried Anastasia , calling to her father , " have the goodness to take this unmerciful Chevalier off my hands ; he is talking me to death . " Count Lauvenheilm saw that his daughter was distressed by the half serious , half ...
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... dear father , I never called Señor Guevara stupid ! How could I call him so ! so agreeable , so very agreeable as he was the other night . Señor Guevara , indeed— ” Theodore turned his glowing face to- wards them . " Had you said so ...
... dear father , I never called Señor Guevara stupid ! How could I call him so ! so agreeable , so very agreeable as he was the other night . Señor Guevara , indeed— ” Theodore turned his glowing face to- wards them . " Had you said so ...
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Page 138 - ON A GIRDLE THAT which her slender waist confined Shall now my joyful temples bind : No monarch but would give his crown His arms might do what this has done. It was my Heaven's extremest sphere, The pale which held that lovely deer : My joy, my grief, my hope, my love Did all within this circle move. A narrow compass ! and yet there Dwelt all that's good, and all that's fair : Give me but what this ribband bound, Take all the rest the Sun goes round.
Page 59 - In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, Where most may wonder at the workmanship. It is for homely features to keep home; They had their name thence: coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain will serve to ply The sampler, and to tease the huswife's wool.