Scribner's Magazine ..., Volume 18C. Scribner's sons, 1895 |
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... hand , She glances back with bashful eyes . The china Shepherdess is fair , The Shepherd's face denotes a heart Burning with ardor and despair . Alas , they stand so far apart ! And yet , perhaps , if they were moved , And stood ...
... hand , She glances back with bashful eyes . The china Shepherdess is fair , The Shepherd's face denotes a heart Burning with ardor and despair . Alas , they stand so far apart ! And yet , perhaps , if they were moved , And stood ...
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... hand across his brow , bewildered . The fire leapt and chattered in the grate ; the newly washed tea - things on the table shone under the lamp ; the cat lay curled , as usual , on the chair where he sat after supper to read his ...
... hand across his brow , bewildered . The fire leapt and chattered in the grate ; the newly washed tea - things on the table shone under the lamp ; the cat lay curled , as usual , on the chair where he sat after supper to read his ...
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one hand playing incessantly with a child's comforter that lay beside her on the table , the other wiping away the crowding tears . But her mind worked feverishly all the time , and gradually she fought herself free of this weeping ...
one hand playing incessantly with a child's comforter that lay beside her on the table , the other wiping away the crowding tears . But her mind worked feverishly all the time , and gradually she fought herself free of this weeping ...
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... hand on the table working . For his world , too , lay in ruins about him . Through many hard - working and virtuous ... hands fell by her side ; she stood motionless till , suddenly wrapping an old shawl round her , she took up her ...
... hand on the table working . For his world , too , lay in ruins about him . Through many hard - working and virtuous ... hands fell by her side ; she stood motionless till , suddenly wrapping an old shawl round her , she took up her ...
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... hand on Isaac's shoulder , " till they have done . " At that moment Watson , throwing a last professional glance round the room , perceived the piece of torn paper propped against the glass . Ah ! there was the letter . There was always ...
... hand on Isaac's shoulder , " till they have done . " At that moment Watson , throwing a last professional glance round the room , perceived the piece of torn paper propped against the glass . Ah ! there was the letter . There was always ...
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Page 497 - The governments of the United States and Great Britain having not only desired, in entering into this convention, to accomplish a particular object, but also to establish a general principle, they hereby agree to extend their protection, by treaty stipulations, to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus...