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Martha Finley
Elsie Dinsmore: Complete Series (28 Books in One Edition)
Elsie Dinsmore, Elsie's Holidays at Roselands, Elsie's Girlhood, Elsie's Womanhood
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[email protected] 2017 OK Publishing ISBN 978-80-7583-234-4
Table of Contents
Elsie Yachting with the Raymonds
Elsie's Journey on Inland Waters
Elsie's Young Folks in Peace and War
Elsie Dinsmore
Chapter First
"I never saw an eye so bright,
And yet so soft as hers;
It sometimes swam in liquid light,
And sometimes swam in tears;
It seemed a beauty set apart
For softness and for sighs."
—MRS. WELBY.
The school-room at Roselands was a very pleasant apartment; the ceiling, it is true, was somewhat lower than in the more modern portion of the building, for the wing in which it was situated dated back to the old-fashioned days prior to the Revolution, while the larger part of the mansion had not stood more than twenty or thirty years; but the effect was relieved by windows reaching from floor to ceiling, and opening on a veranda which overlooked a lovely flower-garden, beyond