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... sobbed aloud. Throughout the night Edna crouched beside the bed, watching thewan but lovely faceof the young widow, and tenderly chafing the numb, fairhands which layso motionless on the coverlet. Children are always sanguine, because of.
... sobbed aloud. Throughout the night Edna crouched beside the bed, watching thewan but lovely faceof the young widow, and tenderly chafing the numb, fairhands which layso motionless on the coverlet. Children are always sanguine, because of.
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... Night andday she pored over thisnew treasure; sometimes dreaming ofthe hideous faces that scowled ather from the solemn, mournful pages; and anon,when startled from sleep by these awfulvisions,she wouldsoothe herselfto rest by ...
... Night andday she pored over thisnew treasure; sometimes dreaming ofthe hideous faces that scowled ather from the solemn, mournful pages; and anon,when startled from sleep by these awfulvisions,she wouldsoothe herselfto rest by ...
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... night of an unbroken and unlifting desolation fall likea pall onheart andbrain; we dare notlook heavenward, dreading another blow; our anchor drags, we drift out into a hideous Dead Sea, where our idol has gone down forever—and boasted ...
... night of an unbroken and unlifting desolation fall likea pall onheart andbrain; we dare notlook heavenward, dreading another blow; our anchor drags, we drift out into a hideous Dead Sea, where our idol has gone down forever—and boasted ...
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... night, she recalled her pastlife, gilded bythe old man's love, and could rememberno happiness with which he was not intimately connected, and no sorrow thathis handhad not soothedandlightened. The future wasnow a blank, crossedby no ...
... night, she recalled her pastlife, gilded bythe old man's love, and could rememberno happiness with which he was not intimately connected, and no sorrow thathis handhad not soothedandlightened. The future wasnow a blank, crossedby no ...
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... night hideous? Over the holyhills of Judea, outof crumbling Jerusalem, the messageof Messiah hasfloatedon the wings ofeighteen centuries: "What Ido thou knowestnot now, butthou shalt know hereafter." Edna was awakened bya succession ...
... night hideous? Over the holyhills of Judea, outof crumbling Jerusalem, the messageof Messiah hasfloatedon the wings ofeighteen centuries: "What Ido thou knowestnot now, butthou shalt know hereafter." Edna was awakened bya succession ...
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