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... grave yawned. The coffins were lowered,the bodiesof Henry and Helen Dent rested side by side, and, as the mound rose slowly above them, the solemn silencewas broken by the faltering voiceof the surgeon, who read the burial service. "Man ...
... grave yawned. The coffins were lowered,the bodiesof Henry and Helen Dent rested side by side, and, as the mound rose slowly above them, the solemn silencewas broken by the faltering voiceof the surgeon, who read the burial service. "Man ...
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... graves, and the slowmeasuredsound ofa bell dinged nowand thenascattle browsed on the scanty herbage inthis most neglected ofGod's Acres. Could Charles Lamb have turned fromthe pompous epitaphs and highflown panegyrics of that English ...
... graves, and the slowmeasuredsound ofa bell dinged nowand thenascattle browsed on the scanty herbage inthis most neglected ofGod's Acres. Could Charles Lamb have turned fromthe pompous epitaphs and highflown panegyrics of that English ...
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... grave, and the faithful dog crouchedather feet,lay theorphan, wrestling with grief and loneliness, striving to face a future that loomed before her spectrethronged; and here Mr.Wood found herwhen anxiety atherlong absence induced his ...
... grave, and the faithful dog crouchedather feet,lay theorphan, wrestling with grief and loneliness, striving to face a future that loomed before her spectrethronged; and here Mr.Wood found herwhen anxiety atherlong absence induced his ...
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... grave isall the home I have, and—and—God would not take me there when I was so sick, and—and—" The quiver of her face showed that she was losing her selfcontrol, and turning away, she took the cedar piggin, and went outtomilk ...
... grave isall the home I have, and—and—God would not take me there when I was so sick, and—and—" The quiver of her face showed that she was losing her selfcontrol, and turning away, she took the cedar piggin, and went outtomilk ...
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... graves of herdead; and oppressed with an intolerable sense of desolation and utter isolation in themidst of hundreds ofherown race,who were too entirelyabsorbed intheir individual speculations, fears and aims,tospare even a glance ...
... graves of herdead; and oppressed with an intolerable sense of desolation and utter isolation in themidst of hundreds ofherown race,who were too entirelyabsorbed intheir individual speculations, fears and aims,tospare even a glance ...
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