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... looked at the flushed sky , rapidly brightening into fiery and blinding radiance . Until her wild song waked echoes among the far - off rocks , the holy hush of early morning had rested like a benediction upon the scene , as though ...
... looked at the flushed sky , rapidly brightening into fiery and blinding radiance . Until her wild song waked echoes among the far - off rocks , the holy hush of early morning had rested like a benediction upon the scene , as though ...
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... looked on , fastens itself upon heart and brain , to be forgotten no more . Her hair , black , straight , waveless as an Indian's , hung around her shoulders , and glistened as the water from the dripping bucket trickled through the ...
... looked on , fastens itself upon heart and brain , to be forgotten no more . Her hair , black , straight , waveless as an Indian's , hung around her shoulders , and glistened as the water from the dripping bucket trickled through the ...
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... looked on the pros- trate form , he was dead . The hazel eyes stared blankly at the sky , and the hue of life and exuberant health still glowed on the full cheek ; but the ball had entered the heart , and the warm blood , bubbling from ...
... looked on the pros- trate form , he was dead . The hazel eyes stared blankly at the sky , and the hue of life and exuberant health still glowed on the full cheek ; but the ball had entered the heart , and the warm blood , bubbling from ...
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... looked out beseechingly at her . Frequently , in the warm light of day , ere shadows stalked to and fro in the thick woods , she would steal , with an apronful of wild flowers , to the solitary grave , scatter her treasures in the rank ...
... looked out beseechingly at her . Frequently , in the warm light of day , ere shadows stalked to and fro in the thick woods , she would steal , with an apronful of wild flowers , to the solitary grave , scatter her treasures in the rank ...
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... looked at her , with an expression almost human in the mild , liquid eyes , all the events of that last serene evening swept back to Edna's deadened memory , and , leaning her head on Brindle's horns , she shed the first tears that had ...
... looked at her , with an expression almost human in the mild , liquid eyes , all the events of that last serene evening swept back to Edna's deadened memory , and , leaning her head on Brindle's horns , she shed the first tears that had ...
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Aaron Hunt Allston Andrews arms asked beautiful believe blue-stocking Bocage Chattanooga cheeks child clasped countenance darling dear door Edna Earl Edna's Elmo Estelle eyes face feel Felix fell felt fingers Gertrude girl glanced Gordon governess grave GROSSET & DUNLAP Hammond hand handsome happy Hattie head hear heard heart hope Huldah Jean Webster kissed knew laughed Le Bocage leaned Leigh letter Lew Wallace lips Loch Maree looked mamma marble Miss Earl morning mother Murray Murray rose Murray's N. C. Wyeth never night noble once orphan painful parsonage passed poor pray proud rose seemed shoulder silent Sir Roger smile soul stood sweet Taj Mahal Targum tears tell thank thing thought tion to-day told took turned voice walked watched wife window wish woman wonder words young