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... if the children are not with me ? Let only Adela come . " " If you do not see them , you will not fret every moment at fancied ills , which your anxious eyes magnify into approaching evils ; and you may as well settle THE FAGGOT - HOUSE .
... if the children are not with me ? Let only Adela come . " " If you do not see them , you will not fret every moment at fancied ills , which your anxious eyes magnify into approaching evils ; and you may as well settle THE FAGGOT - HOUSE .
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... Adela . " Nor I , " cried Ernest . " Nor I , " echoed George , the youngest of the three . They then discussed their future operations till they reached the town called Dullbury , where they were met by the gardener , who had once been ...
... Adela . " Nor I , " cried Ernest . " Nor I , " echoed George , the youngest of the three . They then discussed their future operations till they reached the town called Dullbury , where they were met by the gardener , who had once been ...
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... Adela , off which you jumped on to the cow's back when you rode her home . There's the turning up of the church lane ; there's Mr. Montray's house ; and here we are at the park gates . " The lodge - keeper's wife made her lowest ...
... Adela , off which you jumped on to the cow's back when you rode her home . There's the turning up of the church lane ; there's Mr. Montray's house ; and here we are at the park gates . " The lodge - keeper's wife made her lowest ...
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... Adela , the boys exclaimed , " No , Miss Montray , that won't do . We have all been ill together , and must get well together ; we are all sorry for the same thing - poor mamma's health - and we cannot be sepa- rated from Adela . She ...
... Adela , the boys exclaimed , " No , Miss Montray , that won't do . We have all been ill together , and must get well together ; we are all sorry for the same thing - poor mamma's health - and we cannot be sepa- rated from Adela . She ...
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... Adela . . Change of air , strolls about the park , rides and drives with their ponies , the latter entered into with all the zest which novelty creates , added to a long confinement from sickness , led our young friends occasionally to ...
... Adela . . Change of air , strolls about the park , rides and drives with their ponies , the latter entered into with all the zest which novelty creates , added to a long confinement from sickness , led our young friends occasionally to ...
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