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..."Master Humphrey's Clock."} DEATH OF LITTLE NELL. FOR she was dead! There, upon her little bed, she lay rest. The solemn stillness was no marvel now. She was dead! No sleep so beautiful and calm, so free fro tears of pain, so fair to look upon. She seemed a creatu fresh from the hand of God, and waiting...

...go ; Like the lovely clouds of summer even, They glide far away to yon bright heaven. GENTLE NELL. " For she was dead. There upon her little bed she lay at rest. That solemn stillness was no marvel now." Master Humphrey's Clock. DEAD ! yes, the gentle Nell was...

...how much charity, mercy, and purified affection, would be seen to have their growth in dusty graves! She was dead. There, upon her little bed, she lay at rest. She was dead. No sleep so beautiful and calm, so free from trace of pain, so fair to look upon. She...

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...They moved so gently that their footstep* made no noise ; but there were sobs from among the sroup, and sounds of grief and mourning. For she was dead. There, upon her little bed, she lay 5 at rest. The solemn stillness was no marvel now. She was dead. No sleep so beautiful and calm, so...