The Story of My Wardship, 1. köideRichard Bentley, 1856 |
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... dreams , warm as the breath of love . It was a soft , indolent , careless existence , that child - life of mine ; sleeping through the noontide heat - or listening half awake to the plash of water in the fountain , conjuring up ...
... dreams , warm as the breath of love . It was a soft , indolent , careless existence , that child - life of mine ; sleeping through the noontide heat - or listening half awake to the plash of water in the fountain , conjuring up ...
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... dreams , warm as the breath of love . It was a soft , indolent , careless existence , that child - life of mine ; sleeping through the noontide heat - or listening half awake to the plash of water in the fountain , conjuring up ...
... dreams , warm as the breath of love . It was a soft , indolent , careless existence , that child - life of mine ; sleeping through the noontide heat - or listening half awake to the plash of water in the fountain , conjuring up ...
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... dream of heaven is the first view of its enchanting loveliness ! Couched on the brink of the far famed blue lake , its glistening spires are seen ke a bright beacon , guiding you to the spot , where it lies embosomed in beauty ; while ...
... dream of heaven is the first view of its enchanting loveliness ! Couched on the brink of the far famed blue lake , its glistening spires are seen ke a bright beacon , guiding you to the spot , where it lies embosomed in beauty ; while ...
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... dreams were nightmares : I was haunted by the vision of a pair of reddish , ferret - like eyes with weak sore lids — a shapeless nose - and sensual lips , the portals to a cavernous mouth , -the face of Mr. Sniggleby - and I was puzzled ...
... dreams were nightmares : I was haunted by the vision of a pair of reddish , ferret - like eyes with weak sore lids — a shapeless nose - and sensual lips , the portals to a cavernous mouth , -the face of Mr. Sniggleby - and I was puzzled ...
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... dreams which haunt the downy pillow of youth -- indulging in those bright anticipations , which , when realized , if they are ever , are but the faint re- flection of the gorgeous scenes one has imagined . For , in youth , we are like ...
... dreams which haunt the downy pillow of youth -- indulging in those bright anticipations , which , when realized , if they are ever , are but the faint re- flection of the gorgeous scenes one has imagined . For , in youth , we are like ...
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