Who are the happy ones? or, Home sketches. By the author of 'Quiet thughts for quiet hours'.1875 |
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... cousin , " you have no patience with my aunt , and instead of managing her temper , you only irritate it ; now I am afraid we shall wait long enough before we attain this object of our wishes . When my aunt goes out of the room in the ...
... cousin , " you have no patience with my aunt , and instead of managing her temper , you only irritate it ; now I am afraid we shall wait long enough before we attain this object of our wishes . When my aunt goes out of the room in the ...
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... cousin as she spoke , " but it does depend to a great extent on external things ; and now I will be quite serious if you will listen to me . Imagine , if you will , that my heart and temper were entirely under control , that I was ...
... cousin as she spoke , " but it does depend to a great extent on external things ; and now I will be quite serious if you will listen to me . Imagine , if you will , that my heart and temper were entirely under control , that I was ...
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... cousin , I don't think it is possible to enjoy the happiness you speak of under such circumstances . But there is another kind , independent of all outward things , and perhaps nothing but experience makes us acquainted with this . It ...
... cousin , I don't think it is possible to enjoy the happiness you speak of under such circumstances . But there is another kind , independent of all outward things , and perhaps nothing but experience makes us acquainted with this . It ...
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... cousin , and , laying her cheek upon her shoulder , she whispered , " I will try . " But at this moment the door opened , and a servant brought a summons to Helen to join her aunt in the breakfast- room . Helen Burnet was an orphan ...
... cousin , and , laying her cheek upon her shoulder , she whispered , " I will try . " But at this moment the door opened , and a servant brought a summons to Helen to join her aunt in the breakfast- room . Helen Burnet was an orphan ...
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... cousins had some purchases to make in the village , and we will leave them there , and go on before them with the reader to Mrs. Thornton's house , which was pleasantly situated in its own garden a short distance from the highroad ...
... cousins had some purchases to make in the village , and we will leave them there , and go on before them with the reader to Mrs. Thornton's house , which was pleasantly situated in its own garden a short distance from the highroad ...
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