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... orphans in his home , and a broken - hearted widow at the desolate hearthstone . Ab- sorbed in her melancholy task , she heard neither the sound of strange voices in the passage , nor the faint creak of the door as it swung back on its ...
... orphans in his home , and a broken - hearted widow at the desolate hearthstone . Ab- sorbed in her melancholy task , she heard neither the sound of strange voices in the passage , nor the faint creak of the door as it swung back on its ...
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... orphan committed to her care , she contrived to alienate her affection , and to tighten the bonds of union between her husband and the child . Possessing a remarkably amiable and equable disposition , Edna rarely vexed Mrs. Hunt , who ...
... orphan committed to her care , she contrived to alienate her affection , and to tighten the bonds of union between her husband and the child . Possessing a remarkably amiable and equable disposition , Edna rarely vexed Mrs. Hunt , who ...
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... memory of Aaron Hunt : an honest blacksmith , and true Christian ; aged sixty - eight years and six months . " Here , with her head on her grandfather's grave , and the faithful dog crouched at her feet , lay the orphan ST . ELMO . 23.
... memory of Aaron Hunt : an honest blacksmith , and true Christian ; aged sixty - eight years and six months . " Here , with her head on her grandfather's grave , and the faithful dog crouched at her feet , lay the orphan ST . ELMO . 23.
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... orphan , wrestling with grief and loneliness , striving to face a future that loomed before her spectre - thronged ; and here Mr. Wood found her when anxiety at her long absence induced his wife to search for the missing invalid . The ...
... orphan , wrestling with grief and loneliness , striving to face a future that loomed before her spectre - thronged ; and here Mr. Wood found her when anxiety at her long absence induced his wife to search for the missing invalid . The ...
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... slowly on , and the miller hastened back to his cart . As the engine got fully under way , and dashed around a curve , the small , straggling village disappeared , trees and hills seemed to the orphan to fly past the window ST . ELMO . 27.
... slowly on , and the miller hastened back to his cart . As the engine got fully under way , and dashed around a curve , the small , straggling village disappeared , trees and hills seemed to the orphan to fly past the window ST . ELMO . 27.
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