Our own story; or, The history of Magdelene and Basil St. Pierre, Том 1;Том 1811856 |
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... was the eldest by nearly half an hour ; and who can say how much that half hour affected the nature of the love , or even the after character of the life , of the twin children ? CHAPTER II . I OFTEN think I should like to 4 OUR OWN STORY .
... was the eldest by nearly half an hour ; and who can say how much that half hour affected the nature of the love , or even the after character of the life , of the twin children ? CHAPTER II . I OFTEN think I should like to 4 OUR OWN STORY .
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... nature . Besides , a harshly governed childhood almost necessarily rears up a harsh , unkindly , sordid disposition , and few creatures such as novels describe , filled with love , beauty , virtue , truth and joy , can ever issue forth ...
... nature . Besides , a harshly governed childhood almost necessarily rears up a harsh , unkindly , sordid disposition , and few creatures such as novels describe , filled with love , beauty , virtue , truth and joy , can ever issue forth ...
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... nature ; scep- ticism had no place in our minds . The childish question is it true ? ' was seldom put by us . We believed in the reality of all our old tradi- tions : we had not more faith in the histories of Greece and Rome , than we ...
... nature ; scep- ticism had no place in our minds . The childish question is it true ? ' was seldom put by us . We believed in the reality of all our old tradi- tions : we had not more faith in the histories of Greece and Rome , than we ...
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... nature , than that which she spontaneously gives to a mother . I know not why I have only imagined this . The fault , perhaps , was my own . Our mother - there is no imagination in my memory of her ! How beautiful was our mother ! how ...
... nature , than that which she spontaneously gives to a mother . I know not why I have only imagined this . The fault , perhaps , was my own . Our mother - there is no imagination in my memory of her ! How beautiful was our mother ! how ...
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... nature was incomprehensible to us , but we knew it had haunted him half his life long - haunted him from boyhood - haunted him ( in Irish speech ) before he was born . We imagined it must be something like the Banshee that is entailed ...
... nature was incomprehensible to us , but we knew it had haunted him half his life long - haunted him from boyhood - haunted him ( in Irish speech ) before he was born . We imagined it must be something like the Banshee that is entailed ...
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