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... told her that my poor boyhad gone to fight a duel,andshe rosefrom her bed and started to the railroad depot. I pleaded,I reasoned with her that she could not bear the journey, but I might aswell have talked to thewinds, I never knew her ...
... told her that my poor boyhad gone to fight a duel,andshe rosefrom her bed and started to the railroad depot. I pleaded,I reasoned with her that she could not bear the journey, but I might aswell have talked to thewinds, I never knew her ...
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... the burying ground stood beforeher. Oh, dreary desolation; thy name is country graveyard! Here no polished sculptured stela pointed totheEternal Rest beyond;no classic marbles told, in gilded characters, the virtues of the dead; no flowery.
... the burying ground stood beforeher. Oh, dreary desolation; thy name is country graveyard! Here no polished sculptured stela pointed totheEternal Rest beyond;no classic marbles told, in gilded characters, the virtues of the dead; no flowery.
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... told thenames and ages ofthesleepers inthese narrow beds,he hadnever asked thequestion which now stands as a melancholy epigram on family favoritism and human frailty. Gold gilds even thelineaments and haunts of Death,making Pere la ...
... told thenames and ages ofthesleepers inthese narrow beds,he hadnever asked thequestion which now stands as a melancholy epigram on family favoritism and human frailty. Gold gilds even thelineaments and haunts of Death,making Pere la ...
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... told the conductor he must look after you and your box whenyou left the cars;said he would. Goodby, Edna; takecareof yourself, and may God bless you, child." The locomotive whistled, the train moved slowly on, and the miller hastened ...
... told the conductor he must look after you and your box whenyou left the cars;said he would. Goodby, Edna; takecareof yourself, and may God bless you, child." The locomotive whistled, the train moved slowly on, and the miller hastened ...
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