The dew seemed to sparkle more brightly on the green leaves the air to…

Charles Dickens
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The dew seemed to sparkle more brightly on the green leaves the air to rustle among them with a sweeter music and the sky itself to look more blue and bright. Such is the influence which the condition of our own thoughts, exercise, even over the appearance of external objects. ✨ Charles Dickens (1849). The Novels and Tales of Charles Dickens, (Boz.)., p.135
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