Christabel Hope; or, The beginnings of life1869 |
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... arms , and her grey and amber striped frock ( made of her mother's old shawl ) dangling all limp at her ankles . The sand grated under her feet . " My marble floor is very pretty to - day . The rushes you have strewn it with are very ...
... arms , and her grey and amber striped frock ( made of her mother's old shawl ) dangling all limp at her ankles . The sand grated under her feet . " My marble floor is very pretty to - day . The rushes you have strewn it with are very ...
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... arm should protect from the thraldom of a stranger . " Farewell , ye hills and pastures , dearly loved ; Familiar , silent valleys , fare ye well . No more shall Joan inhale your happy air ; Joanna bids for aye her sad adieu . ' " So ...
... arm should protect from the thraldom of a stranger . " Farewell , ye hills and pastures , dearly loved ; Familiar , silent valleys , fare ye well . No more shall Joan inhale your happy air ; Joanna bids for aye her sad adieu . ' " So ...
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... arm , with a free , majestic swinging , and lo ! her hand had hit the china candlestick , which fell shivered on the floor , and the candlestick , being entangled in her waistband lying on the table , and the band , in its turn ...
... arm , with a free , majestic swinging , and lo ! her hand had hit the china candlestick , which fell shivered on the floor , and the candlestick , being entangled in her waistband lying on the table , and the band , in its turn ...
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... arm was laid rested gently , firmly , and tenderly on her shoulder , and two lips met on her forehead with such a close , warm pressure as she had not felt since she said Good - bye to her mother . She turned quickly , and came face to ...
... arm was laid rested gently , firmly , and tenderly on her shoulder , and two lips met on her forehead with such a close , warm pressure as she had not felt since she said Good - bye to her mother . She turned quickly , and came face to ...
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... arms that , in the twilight , it would have been easy to imagine the things to be Blue - beard's wives ' bodies , holding up their hands in astonishment at the loss of their heads . The one - and - twenty handsome blue silk fringed ...
... arms that , in the twilight , it would have been easy to imagine the things to be Blue - beard's wives ' bodies , holding up their hands in astonishment at the loss of their heads . The one - and - twenty handsome blue silk fringed ...
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answered Bell arms asked Bell asleep Baker Ballachulish beautiful began Bell Derby Bell's better blue Blythe's Bouchild brown Caroline Huggins cat's-paw Céleste Chrissy Chrissy's Christabel Hope coach colour cousin Barbara COVENT GARDEN cried darling daughter dear door dream dress EDMUND EVANS Emily Cass eyes face feel felt forget garden GEORGE FYLER TOWNSEND gilt girl glad Glencoe gone grey hair hand happy head heard heart honour Inversnaid Jenny Lind kiss look Louisa Prestwich Madame Méridos maid Maid of Orleans mamma Marian mean mind miserable Miss Blythe Miss Derby Miss Hope Miss Prestwich mother never night once pleasant Polly poor pretty quiet remember rest round seemed smile speak spoke stood strange sudden sure sweet talk tell Thank thing thought told tone turned voice walked wish woman wonder words young lady
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