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Yet Hawthorne, with the help of the twilight, carries us through on the broad wings of his imagination, even to the melting of the little snow-sister before an airtight stove in a close New England parlor.
The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne Stearns, Frank P 1906
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"You would bring her in; and now our poor — dear beautiful little snow-sister is thawed!"
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"Yes, father," said Violet, looking reproachfully at him through her tears, "there is all that is left of our dear little snow-sister!"
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Warm milk will not be wholesome for our little snow-sister.
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Without heeding the remonstrances of his two children, who still kept murmuring that their little snow-sister did not love the warmth, good Mr. Lindsey took his departure, shutting the parlor door carefully behind him.
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"Yes," said Violet thoughtfully and quietly; our snow-sister does look very lovely.
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"Why, dearest mamma," answered Violet, laughing to think that her mother did not comprehend so very plain an affair, "this is our little snow-sister whom we have just been making!"
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Yet Hawthorne, with the help of the twilight, carries us through on the broad wings of his imagination, even to the melting of the little snow-sister before an airtight stove in a close New England parlor.
The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne Frank Preston Stearns 1881
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"Why, dearest mamma," answered Violet, laughing to think that her mother did not comprehend so very plain an affair, "this is our little snow-sister, whom we have just been making!"
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know Various 1880
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Warm milk will not be wholesome for our little snow-sister.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know Various 1880
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