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I took her in my arms and seated her on a chair . She was passive in my hands , and looked at me with large staring eyes , whose expression partook alike of anguish and distraction . At last a name issued from her lips : 6 Henrietta !
I took her in my arms and seated her on a chair . She was passive in my hands , and looked at me with large staring eyes , whose expression partook alike of anguish and distraction . At last a name issued from her lips : 6 Henrietta !
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She danced about what little room there was ; she took down dress after dress , exhibiting herself to her own admiring gaze ; she loosened her hair and curled it ; she took notice for the first time of her own delicate beauty .
She danced about what little room there was ; she took down dress after dress , exhibiting herself to her own admiring gaze ; she loosened her hair and curled it ; she took notice for the first time of her own delicate beauty .
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He was greatly pleased . “ Ah !: he said , ' this is what you have done ' often before . ' And he hoped for me every thing that was good . Then he looked very pleasantly at the shilling , and put it in his pocket . I took my leave .
He was greatly pleased . “ Ah !: he said , ' this is what you have done ' often before . ' And he hoped for me every thing that was good . Then he looked very pleasantly at the shilling , and put it in his pocket . I took my leave .
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A VISIT TO THE INDIAN PASS 395 | 10 |
HERMIT of New York The | 81 |
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