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... never have any wrinkles ; and while Mimmi Svanberg endeavored with her white and soft hand to smoothe down the Professor's disorderly grey - streaked locks , she con- tinued ; " we assume here many dissimilar shapes , but always remain ...
... never have any wrinkles ; and while Mimmi Svanberg endeavored with her white and soft hand to smoothe down the Professor's disorderly grey - streaked locks , she con- tinued ; " we assume here many dissimilar shapes , but always remain ...
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... never will be any- thing but an old maid . It is altogether nothing but stupidity and vexation . " She , of whom these hard words were spoken , was a young woman of about thirty , or somewhat more , and whose appear- ance and manner ...
... never will be any- thing but an old maid . It is altogether nothing but stupidity and vexation . " She , of whom these hard words were spoken , was a young woman of about thirty , or somewhat more , and whose appear- ance and manner ...
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... never to put my name down to any subscriptions , " said Von Tackjern , and buttoned up his coat . " And it is one of mine always to do so , " said the former speaker , " when they are promoted by persons whom I know to be really the ...
... never to put my name down to any subscriptions , " said Von Tackjern , and buttoned up his coat . " And it is one of mine always to do so , " said the former speaker , " when they are promoted by persons whom I know to be really the ...
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... never seems to be ready with anything which he is about . " “ The reason is , ” replied Mimmi gaily , " because papa lives for eternity and I merely for the moment . " Mimmi Svanberg had in fact a mode of speaking and acting very unlike ...
... never seems to be ready with anything which he is about . " “ The reason is , ” replied Mimmi gaily , " because papa lives for eternity and I merely for the moment . " Mimmi Svanberg had in fact a mode of speaking and acting very unlike ...
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... never be married , Hertha . " " Well , and what then ? " said Hertha , bluntly , but at the same time half smiling . " Is marriage , in a general way , so ' happy in this world , that the highest happiness may be consi- dered as being ...
... never be married , Hertha . " " Well , and what then ? " said Hertha , bluntly , but at the same time half smiling . " Is marriage , in a general way , so ' happy in this world , that the highest happiness may be consi- dered as being ...
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able Alma Amalia asked Aunt Aunt Nella beautiful became become beloved better called child Copenhagen countenance dark daugh daughter dear Director dromedary Dufva earnest earth endeavor exclaimed eyes father feel felt fire flames give glance grave hand happy Hård head heard heart heaven Hedermann higher consciousness human Iduna-hall infant school Ingeborg kissed Kungsköping labor ladies light live look marriage married couple Mimmi Svanberg mind Miss Krusbjörn mother never night noble Nordin pale pastor pastor's wife poor regard replied Hertha rix-dollars Rudolph save this house seemed sigh silent sisters smile Solberga soon soul speak Stockholm stood suffering Sweden Swedish talk tears thee things thou thought town tree truth Tupplander Uggla Ukase voice whilst whole wish woman women words Yngve young girls youth
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Página 273 - Well-a-well, man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble, as the Scripture says, and I reckon it's so.
Página 355 - Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Página 214 - Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O, no ! it is an ever-fixed mark, That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Página 221 - And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden : " But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Página 221 - And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Página 221 - And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. Chapter 3 1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Página 73 - He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head. He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone : And mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
Página 74 - If we had even been able to learn anything thoroughly, and had had the liberty to put forth our powers, as young men have, I would not complain. Is it not extraordinary, Alma, that people always ask boys what they would like to be, what they have a fancy or taste for, and then give them the opportunity to learn, and to develope themselves according to the best of their minds, but they never do so with girls ! They cannot even think or choose for themselves a profession or way of life. Ah, I would...
Página 141 - ... for themselves, are its idlers. How easy it is for one benevolent being to diffuse pleasure around him, and how truly is one fond heart a fountain of gladness, making every thing in its vicinity to freshen into smiles. Its effect on stern natures is like the Spring rain, which melts the icy covering of the earth, and causes it to open to the beams of heaven. In the intercourse of social life it is by little acts of watchful kindness recurring daily and...
Página 9 - The dedication to her departed friend closes after this manner : — •" At my parting with you, I promised to give the right of publication in America, of a work of mine, to a friend of yours, whose generous spirit even I had learned to know and appreciate. In now giving my Bertha into the hands of Mr.