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Page 66
... parsonage stood on the skirts of the village , in a square immediately opposite the church , and was separated from it by a wide handsome street , lined on either side with elm trees . The old - fashioned house was of brick , with a ...
... parsonage stood on the skirts of the village , in a square immediately opposite the church , and was separated from it by a wide handsome street , lined on either side with elm trees . The old - fashioned house was of brick , with a ...
Page 71
... parsonage library as assiduously as did Horace , Valgius , and Virgil the gar- dens on the Esquiline where Mæcenas held his literary as- size . Instead of skimming a few text - books that cram the brain with unwieldy scientific ...
... parsonage library as assiduously as did Horace , Valgius , and Virgil the gar- dens on the Esquiline where Mæcenas held his literary as- size . Instead of skimming a few text - books that cram the brain with unwieldy scientific ...
Page 73
... parsonage , challenged research , and , with a boundless ambition , equalled only by her patient , per- severing application , Edna devoted herself to the acquisition of knowledge , and astonished and delighted her teacher by the ...
... parsonage , challenged research , and , with a boundless ambition , equalled only by her patient , per- severing application , Edna devoted herself to the acquisition of knowledge , and astonished and delighted her teacher by the ...
Page 80
... parsonage , and I can get one like it at the book store if you desire it . ' " " " That will suit my purpose much better than trying to compose them myself . You must get the book for me . But , Edna , don't go to school to - day , stay ...
... parsonage , and I can get one like it at the book store if you desire it . ' " " " That will suit my purpose much better than trying to compose them myself . You must get the book for me . But , Edna , don't go to school to - day , stay ...
Page 82
... parsonage now . When he was a boy , I taught him here in this room , as I now teach you . But for fifteen years he has not crossed my threshold , and yet I never sleep until I have prayed for him . " " Oh ! I am so glad to hear that ...
... parsonage now . When he was a boy , I taught him here in this room , as I now teach you . But for fifteen years he has not crossed my threshold , and yet I never sleep until I have prayed for him . " " Oh ! I am so glad to hear that ...
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