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... her lips rude but exultant anthems of praise . The young face , lifted toward the cloudless east , might have served as a model for a pic- tured Syriac priestess one of Baalbec's vestals , ministering in [ I ] ST. ELMO. ...
... her lips rude but exultant anthems of praise . The young face , lifted toward the cloudless east , might have served as a model for a pic- tured Syriac priestess one of Baalbec's vestals , ministering in [ I ] ST. ELMO. ...
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... young widow , and tenderly chafing the numb , fair hands which lay so motion- less on the coverlet . Children are always sanguine , because of their ignorance of the stern , inexorable realities of the untried future , and Edna could ...
... young widow , and tenderly chafing the numb , fair hands which lay so motion- less on the coverlet . Children are always sanguine , because of their ignorance of the stern , inexorable realities of the untried future , and Edna could ...
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... young carpenter , accidentally fell from the roof of the house which he was shingling , and died from the injuries sustained . Thus Mr. Hunt , who had been a widower for nearly ten years , found himself burdened with the care of an ...
... young carpenter , accidentally fell from the roof of the house which he was shingling , and died from the injuries sustained . Thus Mr. Hunt , who had been a widower for nearly ten years , found himself burdened with the care of an ...
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... young soul , left to stray through the devious , check- ered paths of life without other guidance than that which she received from communion with Greek sages and Hebrew prophets . An utter stranger to fashionable conventionality and ...
... young soul , left to stray through the devious , check- ered paths of life without other guidance than that which she received from communion with Greek sages and Hebrew prophets . An utter stranger to fashionable conventionality and ...
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... young life . Giving him , in return , the whole wealth of her affection , he had become the centre of all her hopes , joys and aspirations ; now what re- mained ? Bitter , rebellious feelings hardened her heart when she remembered that ...
... young life . Giving him , in return , the whole wealth of her affection , he had become the centre of all her hopes , joys and aspirations ; now what re- mained ? Bitter , rebellious feelings hardened her heart when she remembered that ...
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