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... appeared another less fair , but more feminine— until at last both faded , and fading , seemed to blend into one . Thereupon the nurse interpreted the two visions as signifying that at the same time would be born , in some distant land ...
... appeared another less fair , but more feminine— until at last both faded , and fading , seemed to blend into one . Thereupon the nurse interpreted the two visions as signifying that at the same time would be born , in some distant land ...
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... appeared to have a soothing looking down upon them , as a star looks down on influence ; her tears ceased , and her delicate frame the unquiet earth , dwelt Hermolin . was no longer convulsed with grief . She lay in his arms , still and ...
... appeared to have a soothing looking down upon them , as a star looks down on influence ; her tears ceased , and her delicate frame the unquiet earth , dwelt Hermolin . was no longer convulsed with grief . She lay in his arms , still and ...
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... appeared . He found the young maiden sitting at her embroidery beneath the picture which was her delight . Often and of ten the gaudy work fell from her hands , while she looked up at the beautiful and noble face that seemed to watch ...
... appeared . He found the young maiden sitting at her embroidery beneath the picture which was her delight . Often and of ten the gaudy work fell from her hands , while she looked up at the beautiful and noble face that seemed to watch ...
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... appeared to creep within it , until beneath the vacant helm glittered fiery eyes , and shadowy hands formed themselves out of the air , wielding the ungrasped spear . Her- dream gone by , that wild face , those piercing molin shivered ...
... appeared to creep within it , until beneath the vacant helm glittered fiery eyes , and shadowy hands formed themselves out of the air , wielding the ungrasped spear . Her- dream gone by , that wild face , those piercing molin shivered ...
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... appeared not to have been violated by the scrutin- izing hand of man for centuries beyond centuries . He had already surveyed the remains of more modern nations , on whom nevertheless we are ac- customed to look as of remote antiquity ...
... appeared not to have been violated by the scrutin- izing hand of man for centuries beyond centuries . He had already surveyed the remains of more modern nations , on whom nevertheless we are ac- customed to look as of remote antiquity ...
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