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... lips , and waited in reverent silence the advent of the sun . Morning among the moun- tains possessed witchery and glories which filled the heart of the girl with adoration , and called from her lips rude but exultant anthems of praise ...
... lips , and waited in reverent silence the advent of the sun . Morning among the moun- tains possessed witchery and glories which filled the heart of the girl with adoration , and called from her lips rude but exultant anthems of praise ...
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... lips : " He stood and measured the earth : and the everlasting mountains were scattered , the perpetual hills The sudden , almost simultaneous report of two pistol- shots rang out sharply on the cool , calm air , and startled the child ...
... lips : " He stood and measured the earth : and the everlasting mountains were scattered , the perpetual hills The sudden , almost simultaneous report of two pistol- shots rang out sharply on the cool , calm air , and startled the child ...
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... lips in earnest supplication , and she fervently thanked the Father that his threatened illness had been arrested without serious consequences . The sun had gone down when she rose and hurried on in search of the cow . The shadows of a ...
... lips in earnest supplication , and she fervently thanked the Father that his threatened illness had been arrested without serious consequences . The sun had gone down when she rose and hurried on in search of the cow . The shadows of a ...
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... lips . She neither wept nor moaned , the shock was too terrible to admit of noisy grief ; but completely stunned , she lay mute and desolate . For the first time in her life she could not pray ; she wanted to turn away from the thought ...
... lips . She neither wept nor moaned , the shock was too terrible to admit of noisy grief ; but completely stunned , she lay mute and desolate . For the first time in her life she could not pray ; she wanted to turn away from the thought ...
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... lips so long frozen . She lifted her head , rose , and followed the sound , and soon stood at the side of Brindle , who now furnished milk for the miller's family . As the gentle cow recognized and looked at her , with an expression ...
... lips so long frozen . She lifted her head , rose , and followed the sound , and soon stood at the side of Brindle , who now furnished milk for the miller's family . As the gentle cow recognized and looked at her , with an expression ...
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