Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 135
TISTS. [December, Father Bernardo, dwelling among the Italian hills;and he was much loved by the peasants, whowent to him for advice and instruction. He oftensaid that in his solitude he was not lonely, for hehad two daughters : one of them could talk to him, old oak-tree that grew near his hut and… … I.A MADONNA DELLA SEDIA (THE MADONNA OF THE CHAIR). —PAINTED BV RAPHAEL. SPECIALLY REPRODUCED FOR ST. NICHOLAS. but the other was dumb. He meant to speak of thedaughter of a vine-dresser who was named Mary,and always tried to do all in her power for the com-fort of the old man — she was the…
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