Daisy Snowflake's Secret. A Story of English Home LifeLondon, 1882 |
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... sorrow ; sorrow itself being only a name to her . Her young life had been full of sunshine . Possessing the gift of natural good temper and brightness of spirits , - which in many cases means simply possessing the gift of health ...
... sorrow ; sorrow itself being only a name to her . Her young life had been full of sunshine . Possessing the gift of natural good temper and brightness of spirits , - which in many cases means simply possessing the gift of health ...
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... sorrows of others , she was too noble a woman to show it , where a display of sympathy on her part might tell to the curious that she was in the possession of secrets of which they could know nothing . And Nurse Trueman was right ...
... sorrows of others , she was too noble a woman to show it , where a display of sympathy on her part might tell to the curious that she was in the possession of secrets of which they could know nothing . And Nurse Trueman was right ...
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... sorrow came to the home already much darkened by care . Daisy's father had been a sea - faring man when her mother married him , but for some years past he had rented a farm . Lacking all practical knowledge of farming , and utterly ...
... sorrow came to the home already much darkened by care . Daisy's father had been a sea - faring man when her mother married him , but for some years past he had rented a farm . Lacking all practical knowledge of farming , and utterly ...
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... sorrow to part from the father whose presence in the home did not after all bring brightness and joy . Surely Mrs. Snowflake's words about the kind father whom it had ever been her desire to teach Daisy to love did not concern an ...
... sorrow to part from the father whose presence in the home did not after all bring brightness and joy . Surely Mrs. Snowflake's words about the kind father whom it had ever been her desire to teach Daisy to love did not concern an ...
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... sorrow upon her face revealed the fact that she at least could not be deceived as to the nature of the attack . Vowing that he would never love another child , Mr. Snowflake steeled his heart against little Daisy , and from the first ...
... sorrow upon her face revealed the fact that she at least could not be deceived as to the nature of the attack . Vowing that he would never love another child , Mr. Snowflake steeled his heart against little Daisy , and from the first ...
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