Daisy Snowflake's Secret. A Story of English Home LifeLondon, 1882 |
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... eyes , still wet with tears , rested a full second upon Linda's face before she spoke , then she said under her breath , for the last mourning coach was just passing , - “ Oh ! Linda , never , never laugh at a funeral ! It might be ...
... eyes , still wet with tears , rested a full second upon Linda's face before she spoke , then she said under her breath , for the last mourning coach was just passing , - “ Oh ! Linda , never , never laugh at a funeral ! It might be ...
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... eyes ; In every gesture dignity and love . " ON'T , Linda , oh ! pray don't ! " and the " D DON soft brown eyes of Daisy Snowflake , a young girl between ten and eleven years of age , filled with tears as she laid her hand beseechingly ...
... eyes ; In every gesture dignity and love . " ON'T , Linda , oh ! pray don't ! " and the " D DON soft brown eyes of Daisy Snowflake , a young girl between ten and eleven years of age , filled with tears as she laid her hand beseechingly ...
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... eyes , still wet with tears , rested a full second upon Linda's face before she spoke , then she said under her breath , for the last mourning coach was just passing , - " Oh ! Linda , never , never laugh at a funeral ! It might be ...
... eyes , still wet with tears , rested a full second upon Linda's face before she spoke , then she said under her breath , for the last mourning coach was just passing , - " Oh ! Linda , never , never laugh at a funeral ! It might be ...
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... eyes , which were ever glancing upwards as if waiting for a sign in the blue sky above to say the hour had come when she was to return , and that those tiny , waxen hands were ever unconsciously folding themselves together in prayer ...
... eyes , which were ever glancing upwards as if waiting for a sign in the blue sky above to say the hour had come when she was to return , and that those tiny , waxen hands were ever unconsciously folding themselves together in prayer ...
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... eye- witness a few months before the birth of Daisy , when , while speaking with Mrs. Snowflake , her husband , more than usually under the influence of drink , came into the room . " One of his bad attacks , not quite well to - day ...
... eye- witness a few months before the birth of Daisy , when , while speaking with Mrs. Snowflake , her husband , more than usually under the influence of drink , came into the room . " One of his bad attacks , not quite well to - day ...
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Allen asked aunt aunt's Betsy blessing Brown child Christian cloth comfort Crown 8vo Daisy felt Daisy Snowflake Daisy's darling DAVID LIVINGSTONE dear doctor door Dovedale drink earnest eyes face father Fcap feel forgive FOSTER'S RULES friends Full-page Illustrations gentle Gerald Coultonsby girl gone hand Handsomely bound happy Hawkins heart Hodder and Stoughton hope hour husband Jones kissed knew laugh little Daisy live look Lord Jesus mamma Margaret Miss Daisy Miss Humphreys morning mother never Norman Reynolds nurse Paternoster Row pause plead poor port wine prayed prayer rectory round Saviour Scrivens sea-side singing smile sorrow speak spoke STEPHEN GRELLET story Sunday sure talk tears teetotaler tell tenderly things Thou to-day tone true turned uncle uncle's uncon unconsciously village voice walk watched whispered wife WILLIAM WILBERFORCE word young Zealand
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Page 16 - And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee : for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
Page 130 - And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.
Page 319 - The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
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Page 233 - Better to hope, though the clouds hang low, And to keep the eyes still lifted; For the sweet blue sky will soon peep through, When the ominous clouds are rifted! There was never a night without a day, Or an evening without a morning, And the darkest hour, as the proverb goes, Is the hour before the dawning.
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