Little Nineteenth-century Child: And Other StoriesWilliam Mullen & Son, 1878 - 374 pages |
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... mind , auntie ; go on , " said Wynnie , fearing that her aunt was slightly offended . " Tell us ' Red Riding - hood ' if you like . " " Oh dear , no , " said Aunt Louie . " If you are so sceptical about the hero , I shouldn't think of ...
... mind , auntie ; go on , " said Wynnie , fearing that her aunt was slightly offended . " Tell us ' Red Riding - hood ' if you like . " " Oh dear , no , " said Aunt Louie . " If you are so sceptical about the hero , I shouldn't think of ...
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... mind in you , and when you are quite persuaded that your mamma knows better than you do about every possible thing under the sun , then you will change back again from an ignorant , foolish old woman , such as you are now , into a real ...
... mind in you , and when you are quite persuaded that your mamma knows better than you do about every possible thing under the sun , then you will change back again from an ignorant , foolish old woman , such as you are now , into a real ...
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... mind within her . " And after a while it was wonderful what an effect was produced . The wrinkles smoothed gradually out of her face ; her teeth came one by one , prettier and more pearly than ever ; her grey hair turned into a mass of ...
... mind within her . " And after a while it was wonderful what an effect was produced . The wrinkles smoothed gradually out of her face ; her teeth came one by one , prettier and more pearly than ever ; her grey hair turned into a mass of ...
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... she quite made up her mind at last that she couldn't do it , that it was no good trying , and that she would never have a moment's , not to speak of a day's , peace or happiness , so long as her 3 THE GREAT MAGICIAN . 333.
... she quite made up her mind at last that she couldn't do it , that it was no good trying , and that she would never have a moment's , not to speak of a day's , peace or happiness , so long as her 3 THE GREAT MAGICIAN . 333.
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... she quite made up her mind at last that she couldn't do it , that it was no good trying , and that she would never have a moment's , not to speak of a day's , peace or happiness , so long as her 3 THE GREAT MAGICIAN . 33 35.
... she quite made up her mind at last that she couldn't do it , that it was no good trying , and that she would never have a moment's , not to speak of a day's , peace or happiness , so long as her 3 THE GREAT MAGICIAN . 33 35.
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