Little Nineteenth-century Child: And Other StoriesWilliam Mullen & Son, 1878 - 374 pages |
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And Other Stories Lisbeth Gooch Séguin, Lisbeth Gooch Strahan (formerly Séguin.) 0 NINETEENTH - CENTURY CHILD And Other Stories BY LISBETH G. Max goes on his hands and knees , and creeps stealthily a little nearer the half - opened door .
And Other Stories Lisbeth Gooch Séguin, Lisbeth Gooch Strahan (formerly Séguin.) 0 NINETEENTH - CENTURY CHILD And Other Stories BY LISBETH G. Max goes on his hands and knees , and creeps stealthily a little nearer the half - opened door .
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... hand had been a cribbage board . " Splendid ! splen- did ! now I'm above you , ever so far , Frank . " And when that was fully established , Frank declared that he was tired , and would leave off playing . Frank never could bear to be ...
... hand had been a cribbage board . " Splendid ! splen- did ! now I'm above you , ever so far , Frank . " And when that was fully established , Frank declared that he was tired , and would leave off playing . Frank never could bear to be ...
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... hand . " What was her astonishment to find that they were grey ! " She looked at her hand too . To her recollection it had always been pink , plump , and dimpled . To her extreme horror , she found that it was now yellow and wrinkled ...
... hand . " What was her astonishment to find that they were grey ! " She looked at her hand too . To her recollection it had always been pink , plump , and dimpled . To her extreme horror , she found that it was now yellow and wrinkled ...
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... hand up to it , and to her intense horror discovered the cause of her discomfort . had lost all her teeth ! Instead of the double row of little pearls that had been there half an hour ago , there were left only two jagged front teeth ...
... hand up to it , and to her intense horror discovered the cause of her discomfort . had lost all her teeth ! Instead of the double row of little pearls that had been there half an hour ago , there were left only two jagged front teeth ...
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... hands together . 1 ' What am I to do ? ' she cried , in her croaky old voice . ' Must I be an ugly old woman all my life ? ' “ Ah ! ' said the fairy . ' No - an idea strikes me . I think you can grow out of it if you like . But would ...
... hands together . 1 ' What am I to do ? ' she cried , in her croaky old voice . ' Must I be an ugly old woman all my life ? ' “ Ah ! ' said the fairy . ' No - an idea strikes me . I think you can grow out of it if you like . But would ...
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