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... once been fashionable , but it must have been long before our time . My father chose it , I believe , because the house was commodious and the rent low ; for he was by no means rich , and had a hard struggle to bring us up . It was not ...
... once been fashionable , but it must have been long before our time . My father chose it , I believe , because the house was commodious and the rent low ; for he was by no means rich , and had a hard struggle to bring us up . It was not ...
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... once , and , after a good many discussions and much consideration our mother was brought round too . And we went . We were away three months , living all the time with Herr Kaufmann's relations in different parts of Germany . We were ...
... once , and , after a good many discussions and much consideration our mother was brought round too . And we went . We were away three months , living all the time with Herr Kaufmann's relations in different parts of Germany . We were ...
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... once , I had better have been mending stockings . Mamma was exactly the same as usual to me at dinner she had meant nothing by what I considered her un- kind speech . She was so used to my spending all the morning in the school - room ...
... once , I had better have been mending stockings . Mamma was exactly the same as usual to me at dinner she had meant nothing by what I considered her un- kind speech . She was so used to my spending all the morning in the school - room ...
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... once that my father was taken with him , and Tom too - he happened to be at home that night . " Are you fond of music ? " he asked Tom . " Yes , I like it well enough , " answered Tom ; " but I'm not much of a hand at it myself . " " He ...
... once that my father was taken with him , and Tom too - he happened to be at home that night . " Are you fond of music ? " he asked Tom . " Yes , I like it well enough , " answered Tom ; " but I'm not much of a hand at it myself . " " He ...
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... once I had really made up my mind to do a thing , I generally did it . The quiet and beauty of the church calmed me , and I think the words of the Litany never appeared more full of meaning . The little service was soon over , and the ...
... once I had really made up my mind to do a thing , I generally did it . The quiet and beauty of the church calmed me , and I think the words of the Litany never appeared more full of meaning . The little service was soon over , and the ...
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