The Young Ladies' Class Book: A Selection of Lessons for Reading, in Prose and Verse |
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... Flowers 17. The Autumn Evening 18. Autumn Woods 22. The First Wanderer 24. Consumption 27. Elysium • 28. Better Moments 32. The Common Lot 33. The Deserted Wife 34. The Last Man 38. Evening Prayer at a Girl's School 39. Seasons of ...
... Flowers 17. The Autumn Evening 18. Autumn Woods 22. The First Wanderer 24. Consumption 27. Elysium • 28. Better Moments 32. The Common Lot 33. The Deserted Wife 34. The Last Man 38. Evening Prayer at a Girl's School 39. Seasons of ...
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... flowers ! Thou from the dust hast set that glory free , Coloring the cowslip with the sunny hours , And penciling ... flowering trees , Why , why reviv'st thou these ? Vain longings for the dead ! —why come they back 2 YOUNG LADIES ...
... flowers ! Thou from the dust hast set that glory free , Coloring the cowslip with the sunny hours , And penciling ... flowering trees , Why , why reviv'st thou these ? Vain longings for the dead ! —why come they back 2 YOUNG LADIES ...
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... flowers , Droops into pallid Autumn : Winter , gray , Horrid with frost , and turbulent with storm , Blows Autumn , and his golden fruits , away ; - Then melts into the Spring . Soft Spring , with breath Favonian , from warm chambers of ...
... flowers , Droops into pallid Autumn : Winter , gray , Horrid with frost , and turbulent with storm , Blows Autumn , and his golden fruits , away ; - Then melts into the Spring . Soft Spring , with breath Favonian , from warm chambers of ...
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... flower of the field ? Have I ever detected the secret , that gives their brilliant dye to the ruby and the em- erald , or the art that enamels the delicate shell ? " I observe the sagacity of animals ; I call it instinct , and speculate ...
... flower of the field ? Have I ever detected the secret , that gives their brilliant dye to the ruby and the em- erald , or the art that enamels the delicate shell ? " I observe the sagacity of animals ; I call it instinct , and speculate ...
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... flowers , which are beautiful , certainly besides this , I have a decided taste in all kinds of fancy ornaments . And then my dancing and waltzing , -in which our master himself owned that he could take me no farther ; -just the figure ...
... flowers , which are beautiful , certainly besides this , I have a decided taste in all kinds of fancy ornaments . And then my dancing and waltzing , -in which our master himself owned that he could take me no farther ; -just the figure ...
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Page 219 - The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods, against a stormy sky, Their giant branches tost; And the heavy night hung dark...