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Page 9
... nature pierced the conventional mask , recognized the loathsome lineaments of crime , and recoiled in horror and amazement , wondering at the wickedness of her race and the forbearance of outraged Jehovah . Innocent childhood had for ...
... nature pierced the conventional mask , recognized the loathsome lineaments of crime , and recoiled in horror and amazement , wondering at the wickedness of her race and the forbearance of outraged Jehovah . Innocent childhood had for ...
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... nature , love of books , an earnest piety and deep religious enthusiasm were the characteristics of a noble young soul , left to stray through the devious , check- ered paths of life without other guidance than that which she received ...
... nature , love of books , an earnest piety and deep religious enthusiasm were the characteristics of a noble young soul , left to stray through the devious , check- ered paths of life without other guidance than that which she received ...
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... nature has been apotheosized ; and the heart of the blacksmith's untutored darling stirred with the same emotions of awe and adoration which thrilled the worshipers of Hertha , when the veiled chariot stood in Helgeland , and which made ...
... nature has been apotheosized ; and the heart of the blacksmith's untutored darling stirred with the same emotions of awe and adoration which thrilled the worshipers of Hertha , when the veiled chariot stood in Helgeland , and which made ...
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... nature knew neither the modifications of time and space , the distinctions of social caste , nor the limitations of national dialects . As the night wore on , she opened the cherished copy of Dante and tried to read , but the print was ...
... nature knew neither the modifications of time and space , the distinctions of social caste , nor the limitations of national dialects . As the night wore on , she opened the cherished copy of Dante and tried to read , but the print was ...
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... nature , and a restless , powerful , and unhallowed intellect . Symmetrical and grand as that temple of Juno , in shrouded Pompeii , whose polished shafts gleamed centuries ago in the morning sunshine of a day of woe , whose untimely ...
... nature , and a restless , powerful , and unhallowed intellect . Symmetrical and grand as that temple of Juno , in shrouded Pompeii , whose polished shafts gleamed centuries ago in the morning sunshine of a day of woe , whose untimely ...
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