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Page 15
... rest by murmuring the metrical version of the Lord's Prayer con- tained in the " Purgatory . " Most emphatically did Mrs. Hunt disapprove of the studious and contemplative habits of the ambitious child , who she averred was indulging ...
... rest by murmuring the metrical version of the Lord's Prayer con- tained in the " Purgatory . " Most emphatically did Mrs. Hunt disapprove of the studious and contemplative habits of the ambitious child , who she averred was indulging ...
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... rest by declaring that , in his opinion , Edna was a remarkable child ; and if well educated , might even rise to the position of teacher for the neighbor- hood , which would confer most honorable distinction upon the family . Laying ...
... rest by declaring that , in his opinion , Edna was a remarkable child ; and if well educated , might even rise to the position of teacher for the neighbor- hood , which would confer most honorable distinction upon the family . Laying ...
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... Rest beyond ; no classic marbles told , in gilded char- acters , the virtues of the dead ; no flowery - fringed gravel- walks wound from murmuring waterfalls and rippling foun- tains to crystal lakes , where trailing willows threw their ...
... Rest beyond ; no classic marbles told , in gilded char- acters , the virtues of the dead ; no flowery - fringed gravel- walks wound from murmuring waterfalls and rippling foun- tains to crystal lakes , where trailing willows threw their ...
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... rest with " Our Father which art in heaven " upon her trembling lips ? Was it a decree in the will and wisdom of our God , or a fiat from the blind fumbling of Atheistic Chance , or was it in accordance with the rigid edict of ...
... rest with " Our Father which art in heaven " upon her trembling lips ? Was it a decree in the will and wisdom of our God , or a fiat from the blind fumbling of Atheistic Chance , or was it in accordance with the rigid edict of ...
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... he resumed his walk : " Lord of himself ; that heritage of woe— That fearful empire which the human breast But holds to rob the heart within of rest . " CHAPTER VII . MRS . MURRAY had informed Edna that. ST . ELMO . 65.
... he resumed his walk : " Lord of himself ; that heritage of woe— That fearful empire which the human breast But holds to rob the heart within of rest . " CHAPTER VII . MRS . MURRAY had informed Edna that. ST . ELMO . 65.
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