Orange blossoms, a gift-book by T.S. Arthur1878 |
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... beautiful when time has changed her to an old and wrinkled woman . " " But , aunt , virtues are not corporeal things . " Very true . " 66 " How can gentleness and mildness ever become hateful ? " " So soon as they degenerate into ...
... beautiful when time has changed her to an old and wrinkled woman . " " But , aunt , virtues are not corporeal things . " Very true . " 66 " How can gentleness and mildness ever become hateful ? " " So soon as they degenerate into ...
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... beautiful as to - day , still your husband's eye would by degrees become in- different to these charms . Custom is , nevertheless , the greatest enchantress , and in a home one of the most benevolent of fairies . A wife was young , and ...
... beautiful as to - day , still your husband's eye would by degrees become in- different to these charms . Custom is , nevertheless , the greatest enchantress , and in a home one of the most benevolent of fairies . A wife was young , and ...
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... all innocent and rational amusements . But for this very reason I say to you - be a Christian , and as a mother , yes , as a grandmother , you will still be beautiful . " A True Tale of Life . IN one of the THE EVENING BEFORE MARRIAGE . 7.
... all innocent and rational amusements . But for this very reason I say to you - be a Christian , and as a mother , yes , as a grandmother , you will still be beautiful . " A True Tale of Life . IN one of the THE EVENING BEFORE MARRIAGE . 7.
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... thirty years of age , on whose arm was leaning , in sweet childlike smiling trust , the young and loved Ellen Lawton , who looked more beautiful in her angel loveliness than ever before , even to the eyes of A TRUE TALE OF LIFE.
... thirty years of age , on whose arm was leaning , in sweet childlike smiling trust , the young and loved Ellen Lawton , who looked more beautiful in her angel loveliness than ever before , even to the eyes of A TRUE TALE OF LIFE.
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... beautiful must she have appeared to him who this hour was to make her his own chosen bride , the wife of his bosom , the pride , the priceless jewel of his heart . They stood before the altar ; he cast his dark eyes upon her - she ...
... beautiful must she have appeared to him who this hour was to make her his own chosen bride , the wife of his bosom , the pride , the priceless jewel of his heart . They stood before the altar ; he cast his dark eyes upon her - she ...
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