Orange blossoms, a gift-book by T.S. Arthur1878 |
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... you speak like a maiden of nineteen , on the day before her marriage , in the intoxication of wishes fulfilled , of fair hopes and happy omens . Dear child , remember this - even the heart in time may gro THE EVENING BEFORE MARRIAGE.
... you speak like a maiden of nineteen , on the day before her marriage , in the intoxication of wishes fulfilled , of fair hopes and happy omens . Dear child , remember this - even the heart in time may gro THE EVENING BEFORE MARRIAGE.
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... child , " replied her aunt , " I grant it . And virtues bloom in you as well as in him ; I can say this without flattery . But , dear one , they only bloom as yet , and have not been ripened by sun and shower . No blossoms deceive the ...
... child , " replied her aunt , " I grant it . And virtues bloom in you as well as in him ; I can say this without flattery . But , dear one , they only bloom as yet , and have not been ripened by sun and shower . No blossoms deceive the ...
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... child ! Were you always as fresh 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 ...
... child ! Were you always as fresh 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 ...
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... child , and had been her pride , her joy , her delight , since the death of her husband , many years before . She was giving her to a stranger , whose reputation as a man of talent , and worth , and honourable position in the world ...
... child , and had been her pride , her joy , her delight , since the death of her husband , many years before . She was giving her to a stranger , whose reputation as a man of talent , and worth , and honourable position in the world ...
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... child in reverence . But Frederic Gorton had lived nearly thirty - five years of his life among men . His mother had died in his infancy , his father soon after , and he , an only child , had been educated in the family of an old ...
... child in reverence . But Frederic Gorton had lived nearly thirty - five years of his life among men . His mother had died in his infancy , his father soon after , and he , an only child , had been educated in the family of an old ...
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