Who are the happy ones? or, Home sketches. By the author of 'Quiet thughts for quiet hours'.1875 |
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... the cot- tage contained ; and there was a small garden enclosed with a wooden paling , such as we usually see , in the south of England , round the dwellings of the poor . But the inside of the 4 27 CHAPTER IV SUNSHINE AND SHADE.
... the cot- tage contained ; and there was a small garden enclosed with a wooden paling , such as we usually see , in the south of England , round the dwellings of the poor . But the inside of the 4 27 CHAPTER IV SUNSHINE AND SHADE.
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... round table , with an embroidered cover , stood in the centre , and a small work - table near the window , and flowers were tastefully arranged on the low chimney - piece and on either table . It was Ellen's province to see that these ...
... round table , with an embroidered cover , stood in the centre , and a small work - table near the window , and flowers were tastefully arranged on the low chimney - piece and on either table . It was Ellen's province to see that these ...
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... round the room . There was no fire in the grate , a brick floor , and not so much as a mat to put her fect upon , and yet there was about the invalid herself a look of better days ; but an imprudent marriage with a husband who had never ...
... round the room . There was no fire in the grate , a brick floor , and not so much as a mat to put her fect upon , and yet there was about the invalid herself a look of better days ; but an imprudent marriage with a husband who had never ...
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... Helen went with the child round to the back of the cottage , and brought in some brushwood and furze and little logs of wood . She soon made a cheerful blaze , and filling the kettle she put it on the fire WHO ARE THE HAPPY ONES ? 71.
... Helen went with the child round to the back of the cottage , and brought in some brushwood and furze and little logs of wood . She soon made a cheerful blaze , and filling the kettle she put it on the fire WHO ARE THE HAPPY ONES ? 71.
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... round the porch and verandah , and cutting away the redundant ivy , which threat- ened to shade too much their pretty drawing- She stayed a short time watching the room . process , and admiring the improvement which the taste and £ 6 ...
... round the porch and verandah , and cutting away the redundant ivy , which threat- ened to shade too much their pretty drawing- She stayed a short time watching the room . process , and admiring the improvement which the taste and £ 6 ...
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