Little Nineteenth-century Child: And Other StoriesWilliam Mullen & Son, 1878 - 374 pages |
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... sitting up there in disgrace , all alone , " said Mrs. Lesley ; " and indeed I feel there are excuses to be made for her . I am afraid I have rather spoiled her , to begin with ; and then if she is anything like me I don't wonder at ...
... sitting up there in disgrace , all alone , " said Mrs. Lesley ; " and indeed I feel there are excuses to be made for her . I am afraid I have rather spoiled her , to begin with ; and then if she is anything like me I don't wonder at ...
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... sitting at the table , with her elbows upon it , and her head in her hands , looking the very picture of woe - or rather , the reality of it , which is a great deal worse . She looked up as her aunt entered , but did not move . " Why ...
... sitting at the table , with her elbows upon it , and her head in her hands , looking the very picture of woe - or rather , the reality of it , which is a great deal worse . She looked up as her aunt entered , but did not move . " Why ...
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... sitting one morning helpless and hopeless , with her elbows on her knees and her head on her hands , the un - made coffee and the empty coffee - pot before her . " Suddenly she heard footsteps . He's " There is my uncle now coming , and ...
... sitting one morning helpless and hopeless , with her elbows on her knees and her head on her hands , the un - made coffee and the empty coffee - pot before her . " Suddenly she heard footsteps . He's " There is my uncle now coming , and ...
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... sitting one morning helpless and hopeless , with her elbows on her knees and her head on her hands , the un - made coffee and the empty coffee - pot before her . " Suddenly she heard footsteps . He's " There is my uncle now coming , and ...
... sitting one morning helpless and hopeless , with her elbows on her knees and her head on her hands , the un - made coffee and the empty coffee - pot before her . " Suddenly she heard footsteps . He's " There is my uncle now coming , and ...
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... the fuel ; Hope , sitting on an overturned stewpan , ground cheerfully away at the coffee ; old Heartiness and Goodwill brought in pailsful of water between them ; young Courage poured the 38 LITTLE NINETEENTH - CENTURY CHILD .
... the fuel ; Hope , sitting on an overturned stewpan , ground cheerfully away at the coffee ; old Heartiness and Goodwill brought in pailsful of water between them ; young Courage poured the 38 LITTLE NINETEENTH - CENTURY CHILD .
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