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• She clasped her other hand to his hand, and bending down her face affectionately upon it, she wept — if ever angels weep — such tears as they Elfie," said Mr. Carleton, as soon as he could, "I want you to go down stairs with me; so dry those eyes, or my mother will be asking all sorts of difficult questions Happiness is a quick restorative. —  Queechy, Volume I
• But they did not explore it, for the mother was afraid, and the two came down the hill, the child's head full of visions of a pirate's treasure, and the mother's full of the whims of the Autocrat of the Breakfast Table The next day school began in Sycamore Ridge,--for the school and the church came with the newspaper, Freedom's Banner_,--and a new world opened to the boy, and he forgot the cave, and became interested in Webster's blue-backed speller. —  A Certain Rich Man
• When the argument got warm, and rose to its height, as their mother was then dead, I had sometimes to come in as arbitrator, and settle the dispute according to the best of my judgment. —  Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6) Authors and Journalists
• But most appealing of all to the mother was the sight of the four children, her own three and little Mabel, seated quietly near the table; they had evidently been there some time, waiting patiently till she should open her eyes Oh," cried Maizie, great relief filling her at sight of her mother stirring, "Suzanna made us stay so quiet till you woke up, mother, and we're all awful hungry Yes, I want that fat sandwich," said Peter And then they fell to eating with much laughter and gaiety Out in the woods you don't have to pretend you hate to eat, do you, mother?" —  Suzanna Stirs the Fire
• He also walked in the way of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly,"--as wife and mother, alike unholy. —  Notable Women of Olden Time

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