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... carried away to her apartment like one dead . In the meantime , the christening at the Lady Guzra's had arrived under happier auspices . The child had been seen and admired by the most nu- merous and splendid company ever assembled ...
... carried away to her apartment like one dead . In the meantime , the christening at the Lady Guzra's had arrived under happier auspices . The child had been seen and admired by the most nu- merous and splendid company ever assembled ...
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... carried corn to most other shores , and it was quite sufficient for a merchant to say that his goods came from the Land of Plenty for them to be bought up immediately . There was also a vast plain that stretched to the very base of the ...
... carried corn to most other shores , and it was quite sufficient for a merchant to say that his goods came from the Land of Plenty for them to be bought up immediately . There was also a vast plain that stretched to the very base of the ...
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... monarchs and princes , who had sent ambassadors with their portraits from far and near . But the king had no great wish to have a strange monarch - succeed him , and perhaps carry off his dear daughter 28 THE ENCHANTED STEED .
... monarchs and princes , who had sent ambassadors with their portraits from far and near . But the king had no great wish to have a strange monarch - succeed him , and perhaps carry off his dear daughter 28 THE ENCHANTED STEED .
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Thomas Hood, Jane Hood Frances Freeling Broderip. succeed him , and perhaps carry off his dear daughter to another kingdom ; and so , as he was a very subtle and deep - thinking man , he planned a scheme to evade it . He caused his ...
Thomas Hood, Jane Hood Frances Freeling Broderip. succeed him , and perhaps carry off his dear daughter to another kingdom ; and so , as he was a very subtle and deep - thinking man , he planned a scheme to evade it . He caused his ...
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... carried their love for them even to the verge of growing up . The little maid , who has wealthy parents or rich godpapas and godmammas , usually rejoices in the possession of a beautiful waxen baby , whose smiles and dimples are a ...
... carried their love for them even to the verge of growing up . The little maid , who has wealthy parents or rich godpapas and godmammas , usually rejoices in the possession of a beautiful waxen baby , whose smiles and dimples are a ...
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