Little Nineteenth-century Child: And Other StoriesWilliam Mullen & Son, 1878 - 374 pages |
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... mamma and most of her friends always were in a hurry , they shortened it , for conve- nience sake , to Penelope Anne ... mamma , which is the very latest development of the modern infant . " One day Penelope Anne's mamma sent her with a ...
... mamma and most of her friends always were in a hurry , they shortened it , for conve- nience sake , to Penelope Anne ... mamma , which is the very latest development of the modern infant . " One day Penelope Anne's mamma sent her with a ...
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... mamma . ' It is such a very little distance , I don't think you can come to any harm . ' " I should think not , indeed , mamma , ' said Pene- lope Anne in reply , for she thought she was quite capable of taking care of herself . All the ...
... mamma . ' It is such a very little distance , I don't think you can come to any harm . ' " I should think not , indeed , mamma , ' said Pene- lope Anne in reply , for she thought she was quite capable of taking care of herself . All the ...
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... mamma talks like that , ' she said to her- self as she walked along , " she must really think that I am one of those little girls one reads of , who believed in all sorts of nonsense , and who , I daresay , couldn't see that musical ...
... mamma talks like that , ' she said to her- self as she walked along , " she must really think that I am one of those little girls one reads of , who believed in all sorts of nonsense , and who , I daresay , couldn't see that musical ...
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... mamma say when they see me , I should like to know ? and how am I to eat my dinner without any teeth ? and how - Oh , dear , dear ! ' " Here Penelope Anne's troubles became too great for her , and sobs choked further utterance . " I am ...
... mamma say when they see me , I should like to know ? and how am I to eat my dinner without any teeth ? and how - Oh , dear , dear ! ' " Here Penelope Anne's troubles became too great for her , and sobs choked further utterance . " I am ...
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... mamma , and in fact to everybody who is older than yourself . You will have to believe every single word that is said to you , just like the old story - book children whom you used to despise so much , until at last you come to believe ...
... mamma , and in fact to everybody who is older than yourself . You will have to believe every single word that is said to you , just like the old story - book children whom you used to despise so much , until at last you come to believe ...
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