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Page 16
It is not - a - home - like what it used to be , " said Alice ; and then , perhaps
because something in Colin ' s looks had adver - tised her of what was coming ;
perhaps because the awakening sense sprung up in a moment , after long torpor
, a ...
It is not - a - home - like what it used to be , " said Alice ; and then , perhaps
because something in Colin ' s looks had adver - tised her of what was coming ;
perhaps because the awakening sense sprung up in a moment , after long torpor
, a ...
Page 17
... and then , perhaps because through his arm . something in Colin ' s looks had
adver - “ Whether you will have me or not , " tised her of what was coming ;
perhaps he said , “ there is always the bond because the awakening sense
sprung up ...
... and then , perhaps because through his arm . something in Colin ' s looks had
adver - “ Whether you will have me or not , " tised her of what was coming ;
perhaps he said , “ there is always the bond because the awakening sense
sprung up ...
Page 25
... coming years would yield , ” but all , as they stood on the threshold of life ,
hopeful and happy , gladdened by genial influences which are never forgotten ,
and sunned by warm friendforgotten , and sunbed by ships of youth which never
die .
... coming years would yield , ” but all , as they stood on the threshold of life ,
hopeful and happy , gladdened by genial influences which are never forgotten ,
and sunned by warm friendforgotten , and sunbed by ships of youth which never
die .
Page 26
He told his father of the sight . on coming home , and was about to receive a
flogging for the supposed lie , when his mother interfered and saved him for that
once . All his life he saw such visions . “ Did you ever see a fairy ' s funeral ,
madam ?
He told his father of the sight . on coming home , and was about to receive a
flogging for the supposed lie , when his mother interfered and saved him for that
once . All his life he saw such visions . “ Did you ever see a fairy ' s funeral ,
madam ?
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Believing in the He was greatly beloved by his friends , speedy coming of a
golden age similar to but he had queer notions ; he was apt the pristine state of
innocence , the elders to quarrel , and the subjects which he in this family taught
the ...
Believing in the He was greatly beloved by his friends , speedy coming of a
golden age similar to but he had queer notions ; he was apt the pristine state of
innocence , the elders to quarrel , and the subjects which he in this family taught
the ...
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