Little Nineteenth-century Child: And Other StoriesWilliam Mullen & Son, 1878 - 374 pages |
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... boys , Wynnie really made nothing . Even then , Frank was cruel enough to insist that two boys only counted for one . " I declare I won't play , " cried Wynnie , indig- nantly . But just then she spied out , at the far end of the street ...
... boys , Wynnie really made nothing . Even then , Frank was cruel enough to insist that two boys only counted for one . " I declare I won't play , " cried Wynnie , indig- nantly . But just then she spied out , at the far end of the street ...
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... boy like you . There ! " " Anything more ? " inquires Cecil , with a calm smile . That is so provoking of Cecil , thinks May . He never will be put out of temper . He is a terrible tease , and delights in " working May up , " as he ...
... boy like you . There ! " " Anything more ? " inquires Cecil , with a calm smile . That is so provoking of Cecil , thinks May . He never will be put out of temper . He is a terrible tease , and delights in " working May up , " as he ...
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... boys were only made to be a trouble and a worry . " " Well , perhaps so , May , though I never looked at the subject in that light before ; but really Cecil— ” " Oh ! never mind Cecil , auntie ; he is too tiresome , " May breaks in ...
... boys were only made to be a trouble and a worry . " " Well , perhaps so , May , though I never looked at the subject in that light before ; but really Cecil— ” " Oh ! never mind Cecil , auntie ; he is too tiresome , " May breaks in ...
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... You said just now that boys were made only to tease everybody . Perhaps you mean that if he were a grown - up young man he would not tease you : is that it ? " May's hand is still tingling with its unusual contact with MIDSUMMER MAY . 55.
... You said just now that boys were made only to tease everybody . Perhaps you mean that if he were a grown - up young man he would not tease you : is that it ? " May's hand is still tingling with its unusual contact with MIDSUMMER MAY . 55.
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... boy ! " she cries . " Mamma , is Cecil to eat all my strawberries ? " Her voice is a little shaky , and the tears are very ready to spring to her eyes . " No , certainly not . Give them back at once , Cecil , " says Mrs. Berkeley . " I ...
... boy ! " she cries . " Mamma , is Cecil to eat all my strawberries ? " Her voice is a little shaky , and the tears are very ready to spring to her eyes . " No , certainly not . Give them back at once , Cecil , " says Mrs. Berkeley . " I ...
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