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... sighs through the embowering branches of the trees ! How bright the green of the freshly expanded foliage ! How soft the smooth turf beneath our feet ! The sorrel is spreading here its snowy bosom , and the wood - anemone opening its ...
... sighs through the embowering branches of the trees ! How bright the green of the freshly expanded foliage ! How soft the smooth turf beneath our feet ! The sorrel is spreading here its snowy bosom , and the wood - anemone opening its ...
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... sighs and tears cannot recal the past , cannot restore the good he regrets ; he will but sigh and weep the more . Proud of reason , he acts irrationally . Endued with the powers of reflection , he scorns to reflect . Even youth is in ...
... sighs and tears cannot recal the past , cannot restore the good he regrets ; he will but sigh and weep the more . Proud of reason , he acts irrationally . Endued with the powers of reflection , he scorns to reflect . Even youth is in ...
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... bereaved mother can sometimes smile , who shall ever rationally sigh ? But few are the real evils of existence . Numberless the means of consolation -of happiness . 33 THE PLEASURES OF WINTER . THE shortened day and 32 THE PLEASURES , & c .
... bereaved mother can sometimes smile , who shall ever rationally sigh ? But few are the real evils of existence . Numberless the means of consolation -of happiness . 33 THE PLEASURES OF WINTER . THE shortened day and 32 THE PLEASURES , & c .
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Maria Elizabeth Budden. His gorgeous vest , clothed a bosom , heaving with more sighs of regret than flutters of anticipation . For what had he to anticipate ? Alas ! he would reply , the same dull round of unbroken prosperity , Of ...
Maria Elizabeth Budden. His gorgeous vest , clothed a bosom , heaving with more sighs of regret than flutters of anticipation . For what had he to anticipate ? Alas ! he would reply , the same dull round of unbroken prosperity , Of ...
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... sigh " of another . Jessy was not lovely , Jessy was not rich , Jessy was not titled . She was the daughter of a humble peasant . She was homely in feature , but lovely in expression ; she was poor in wealth but rich in virtue . She was ...
... sigh " of another . Jessy was not lovely , Jessy was not rich , Jessy was not titled . She was the daughter of a humble peasant . She was homely in feature , but lovely in expression ; she was poor in wealth but rich in virtue . She was ...
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