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Pagina vii
... . The ripened autumnal fruit tastes but lit- tle better than the early windfalls . It would , indeed , be mortifying to believe that the summer - time of life has - passed away , without any greater progress and improve- PREFACE . vii.
... . The ripened autumnal fruit tastes but lit- tle better than the early windfalls . It would , indeed , be mortifying to believe that the summer - time of life has - passed away , without any greater progress and improve- PREFACE . vii.
Pagina 18
... better , if angel - children were to come from paradise , and play invisibly with her own darlings , and help them to make their snow - image , giving it the features of celestial baby- hood ! Violet and Peony would not be aware of ...
... better , if angel - children were to come from paradise , and play invisibly with her own darlings , and help them to make their snow - image , giving it the features of celestial baby- hood ! Violet and Peony would not be aware of ...
Pagina 19
... better than other children , " said she , very complacently . " No wonder they make better snow - images ! " She sat down again to her work , and made as much haste with it as possible ; because twilight would soon come , and Peony's ...
... better than other children , " said she , very complacently . " No wonder they make better snow - images ! " She sat down again to her work , and made as much haste with it as possible ; because twilight would soon come , and Peony's ...
Pagina 23
... better not to take hold of hands . The white- robed damsel said not a word , but danced about , just as merrily as before . If Violet and Peony did not choose to play with her , she could make just as good a playmate of the brisk and ...
... better not to take hold of hands . The white- robed damsel said not a word , but danced about , just as merrily as before . If Violet and Peony did not choose to play with her , she could make just as good a playmate of the brisk and ...
Pagina 38
... better , into piles of coin . And , when Mr. Gath- ergold had become so very rich that it would have taken him a hundred years only to count his wealth , he be- thought himself of his native valley , and resolved to go back thither ...
... better , into piles of coin . And , when Mr. Gath- ergold had become so very rich that it would have taken him a hundred years only to count his wealth , he be- thought himself of his native valley , and resolved to go back thither ...
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appeared behold bell beneath bosom bright cave child cold cried dark dear DEVIL IN MANUSCRIPT door dwelling Edgar Vaughan England Ernest Ethan Brand Etherege eyes father figure fire footsteps forest French Gathergold gaze gentleman girl gleam glow grave gray hand head heard heart heaven human Indian Inglefield iron tongue kiln kinsman laugh light lime-burner little Daffydowndilly looked Main Street Major Molineux mamma meeting-house ment Miriam mother Mount Defiance Naumkeag neighbors never night Oberon pass perhaps poet pray Prudence Puritan replied Richard Digby Robin Roger Conant scene seemed shadow Shaker shout showman smile snow snow-child snow-image snow-sister soldiers Stone Face stood strange stranger summons sunshine Sylph Sylvia thee thought throng Ticonderoga Toil town trees turned TWICE-TOLD TALES Unpardonable Sin valley village Violet and Peony visage voice whole wife wild window yonder young youth