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... voice,andto a strange,wild, anomalous tune— solemn as theHebrew chant ofDeborah, and fully as triumphant. A slender girl oftwelve years' growthsteadied a pailof water on her head, with both dimpledarms thrown up, in ancient classic ...
... voice,andto a strange,wild, anomalous tune— solemn as theHebrew chant ofDeborah, and fully as triumphant. A slender girl oftwelve years' growthsteadied a pailof water on her head, with both dimpledarms thrown up, in ancient classic ...
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... voices reached her from thethick wood bordering the path, and, without reflection, she followed thedog, who bounded offtoward the point whence it issued. Uponthe verge oftheforest she paused, and, looking downa dewy green glade where ...
... voices reached her from thethick wood bordering the path, and, without reflection, she followed thedog, who bounded offtoward the point whence it issued. Uponthe verge oftheforest she paused, and, looking downa dewy green glade where ...
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... quiet but pure happiness, and half unconsciously she began a hymn which hergrandfather oftensang overhisanvil: "Lord, in the morning Thoushalthear My voice ascending high; To Thee will I direct my prayer, To CHAPTER II. ...
... quiet but pure happiness, and half unconsciously she began a hymn which hergrandfather oftensang overhisanvil: "Lord, in the morning Thoushalthear My voice ascending high; To Thee will I direct my prayer, To CHAPTER II. ...
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... voice asked impatiently: "Are you stone deaf? I say, is there a blacksmith's shop near?" The riderreinedin his horse, a spirited, beautiful animal, and waited for an answer. "Yes, sir.There is a shop about half a mile ahead, on the ...
... voice asked impatiently: "Are you stone deaf? I say, is there a blacksmith's shop near?" The riderreinedin his horse, a spirited, beautiful animal, and waited for an answer. "Yes, sir.There is a shop about half a mile ahead, on the ...
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... voices of our loved ones make music in our ears; and lo!God puts us inthe crucible. The light of life—the hope ofall future yearsis blotted out; clouds of despair and the grim night of an unbroken and unlifting desolation fall likea ...
... voices of our loved ones make music in our ears; and lo!God puts us inthe crucible. The light of life—the hope ofall future yearsis blotted out; clouds of despair and the grim night of an unbroken and unlifting desolation fall likea ...
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