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" She was dead. Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell, was dead. Her little bird — a poor slight thing the pressure of a finger would have crushed — was stirring nimbly in its cage ; and the strong heart of its child-mistress was mute and motionless forever. "
The Christian Remembrancer - Page 590
1842
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The Advanced Reader

1866 - 408 pages
...near me something that has loved the light, and had the sky above it always." These were her words. She was dead. Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell was...traces of her early cares, her sufferings and fatigues 1 All gone. Sorrow was dead, indeed, in her; but peace and perfect happiness were born — imaged —...
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The Sixth Reader: Consisting of Extracts in Prose and Verse, with ...

George Stillman Hillard - 1866 - 526 pages
...Alone had stood, the bulwark of his country." Example for the 'short' slide, or the " Minor Third" , " Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell was dead. Her little...the strong heart of its child-mistress was mute and m&tionless forever I "Sorrow was dead, indeed, in her f but peace and perfect happiness were born,...
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The Yale Literary Magazine, Volumes 31-32

1866 - 744 pages
...near me something that has loved the light, and had the sky above it always.' These were her words. She was dead. Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell was...stirring nimbly in its cage ; and the strong heart of its child mistress was mute and motionless forever. * * * * * The old man held one languid arm in his,...
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Child-pictures from Dickens

Charles Dickens - 1867 - 290 pages
...near me something that has loved the light, and had the sky above it always." Those were her words. She was dead. Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell was...the pressure of a finger would have crushed — was in its cage; and the strong heart of its child-mistress was mute and motionless forever. And now the...
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The British Quarterly Review, Volume 35

Henry Allon - 1862 - 584 pages
...from the hand of God, and waiting for the breath of life ; not one who had lived and suffered death. She was dead. Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell, was...were the traces of her early cares, her sufferings, her fatigues ? All gone. Sorrow was dead in her ; but peace and perfect happiness were born, imaged...
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Old Curiosity Shop: Sketches

Charles Dickens - 1868 - 1258 pages
...near me some thing that has loved the light, and had the sky above it always." Those were her words. She was dead. Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell, was...heart of its child-mistress was mute and motionless forever. Where were the traces of her early cares, her sufferings, and fatigues ? All gone. Sorrow...
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The Old Curiosity Shop

Charles Dickens - 1868 - 234 pages
...near me something that has loved the fight, and had the sky above it always." Those were her words. She was dead. Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell was dead. Her little bird— a poor Blight thing the pressure of a finger would have crushed, —was stirring nimbly in its cage ; and...
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Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set ...

Charles Dickens - 1868 - 662 pages
...near me something that has loved the light, and had the sky above it always." Those were her words. She was dead. Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell was dead. Her little bird — n poor slight thing the pressure of a finger would have crushed — was stirring nimbly in its...
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The Fifth Reader: For the Use of Public and Private Schools

George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 396 pages
...Alone had stood, the bulwark of his country." Example for the 'short' slide, or the " Minor TJiird" " Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell was dead. Her little...would have crushed, — was stirring nimbly in its ciige, and the strong heart of its child-mistress was mute and motionless forever ! "Sorrow was dead,...
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A Manual of Elocution Founded Upon the Philosophy of the Human Voice

M. S. Mitchell - 1869 - 416 pages
...near me something that has loved the l.'ght, and had the sky above it always." These were her words. Where were the traces of her early cares, her sufferings, and fatigues ? All gone. His was the true death before their weeping eyes. Sorrow was dead indeed in her, but peace and perfect...
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