The Novels of Frederika Bremer, 11. köideH. G. Clarke and Company, 1845 |
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Page 12
... heart beat not a little when I saw her slowly advancing towards the side on which I sat , and antici- pated the moment of recognition . It arrived . The eyes of my stepmother rested on me ; she started , looked at me again , and with ...
... heart beat not a little when I saw her slowly advancing towards the side on which I sat , and antici- pated the moment of recognition . It arrived . The eyes of my stepmother rested on me ; she started , looked at me again , and with ...
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... heart . I was fatigued and soon fell asleep ; but I was dis- turbed by restless dreams . All the persons on whom , during the course of the evening , I had directed my at- tention , I fancied I now saw before me in a quadrille , casting ...
... heart . I was fatigued and soon fell asleep ; but I was dis- turbed by restless dreams . All the persons on whom , during the course of the evening , I had directed my at- tention , I fancied I now saw before me in a quadrille , casting ...
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... heart so full , so swelling with sighs of anguish ( if I may so express myself ) , that my tongue sought for words in vain . As to any fault in my stepmother , that was what I never once suspected ; but ah ! I was at a loss to know how ...
... heart so full , so swelling with sighs of anguish ( if I may so express myself ) , that my tongue sought for words in vain . As to any fault in my stepmother , that was what I never once suspected ; but ah ! I was at a loss to know how ...
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... heart when a being like Selma desires admittance , and with benevolent dis- position and joy beaming from brilliant eyes , comes floating in amid marks of friendship and affection . She was so charming , my young sister , in her bloom ...
... heart when a being like Selma desires admittance , and with benevolent dis- position and joy beaming from brilliant eyes , comes floating in amid marks of friendship and affection . She was so charming , my young sister , in her bloom ...
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... heart , while a short , luke - warm , stiff one repels me . There are persons who so tightly squeeze the hand , as to make it smart a good while after ; there are others also who lay hold of it with two fingers ; - from such , Heaven ...
... heart , while a short , luke - warm , stiff one repels me . There are persons who so tightly squeeze the hand , as to make it smart a good while after ; there are others also who lay hold of it with two fingers ; - from such , Heaven ...
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Page 11 - I care for nobody, no, not I, And nobody cares for me.
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Page 88 - I also of opinion, that the want of outward beauty never disquiets a noble nature, or will be regarded as a misfortune. It never can prevent people from being amiable and beloved in the highest degree. And we have daily proof of this.