Who are the happy ones? or, Home sketches. By the author of 'Quiet thughts for quiet hours'.1875 |
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... character , marring , perhaps , all its beauty and use- fulness . Effie Burnet was as much interested in the little Thorntons ' prospects as though she had known them all her life . With her natural vivacity of temper , she coloured ...
... character , marring , perhaps , all its beauty and use- fulness . Effie Burnet was as much interested in the little Thorntons ' prospects as though she had known them all her life . With her natural vivacity of temper , she coloured ...
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... character consistent in all its parts , and clothed in a simplicity which is as rare as it is beautiful . " Come in , my dears , and sit down . Ah ! I have not seen this young lady before , but 1 have heard of her ; very glad to make ...
... character consistent in all its parts , and clothed in a simplicity which is as rare as it is beautiful . " Come in , my dears , and sit down . Ah ! I have not seen this young lady before , but 1 have heard of her ; very glad to make ...
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... character ; and Mrs. Thornton , charmed with her new - found treasures , saw nothing in them but causes of joy and gratitude . In the meantime , the village , with its ron- tine of little cares and little pleasures , went on its daily ...
... character ; and Mrs. Thornton , charmed with her new - found treasures , saw nothing in them but causes of joy and gratitude . In the meantime , the village , with its ron- tine of little cares and little pleasures , went on its daily ...
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... had a most conscientious and sensitive view of the sacred character of the deposit , and it was the knowledge of this which emboldened them so often to come to him for counsel , and to show to him , without 168 HOME SKETCHES ; OR ,
... had a most conscientious and sensitive view of the sacred character of the deposit , and it was the knowledge of this which emboldened them so often to come to him for counsel , and to show to him , without 168 HOME SKETCHES ; OR ,
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... character which came before . him . One of his favourite mottoes was , " The proper study of mankind is man . " " I am sure , " he would say , " it is the most fitting study for a minister , for his field of work is exclusively the ...
... character which came before . him . One of his favourite mottoes was , " The proper study of mankind is man . " " I am sure , " he would say , " it is the most fitting study for a minister , for his field of work is exclusively the ...
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