Blacksmith and scholar, by Mortimer and Frances Collins. 1883Chatto and Windus, 1883 |
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... kiss , strode stoutly homeward . It was eight by this time , and by the time he had traversed his ten miles the ... kissing was in season , now between hedges where there was ravishing odour of pale honeysuckle , now by a river - side ...
... kiss , strode stoutly homeward . It was eight by this time , and by the time he had traversed his ten miles the ... kissing was in season , now between hedges where there was ravishing odour of pale honeysuckle , now by a river - side ...
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... the dead upon his face . God gives this to console the survivors . Robert kissed his kind godfather's brow , and then sat down to write to his father . CHAPTER II . THE HEIR - PRESUMPTIVE . " O 16 BLACKSMITH AND SCHOLAR .
... the dead upon his face . God gives this to console the survivors . Robert kissed his kind godfather's brow , and then sat down to write to his father . CHAPTER II . THE HEIR - PRESUMPTIVE . " O 16 BLACKSMITH AND SCHOLAR .
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... boy , and always remember your mother wherever you go , and you will never come to much harm , " said Mrs. Fitz Roy , in as brave a voice as she could command , and she kissed her boy hurriedly and left the room 32 BLACKSMITH AND SCHOLAR .
... boy , and always remember your mother wherever you go , and you will never come to much harm , " said Mrs. Fitz Roy , in as brave a voice as she could command , and she kissed her boy hurriedly and left the room 32 BLACKSMITH AND SCHOLAR .
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Mortimer Collins. and she kissed her boy hurriedly and left the room . Alice stayed longer , for the brother and sister had much to say before parting . Robert's room being on the same gallery as his father's , they were afraid of being ...
Mortimer Collins. and she kissed her boy hurriedly and left the room . Alice stayed longer , for the brother and sister had much to say before parting . Robert's room being on the same gallery as his father's , they were afraid of being ...
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... kissed her instantly . She was amazed . I doubt whether ever she had been kissed before since her babyhood . Her ... kiss . Did it mean love ? She did not laugh ; she did not weep ; yet there was moisture in her eyes as she said to ...
... kissed her instantly . She was amazed . I doubt whether ever she had been kissed before since her babyhood . Her ... kiss . Did it mean love ? She did not laugh ; she did not weep ; yet there was moisture in her eyes as she said to ...
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