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Fanny Lablache. I. PETRONEL AND PETRONILLA . PETRONEL AND PETRONILLA . KC THERE are as many poor.
Fanny Lablache. I. PETRONEL AND PETRONILLA . PETRONEL AND PETRONILLA . KC THERE are as many poor.
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Fanny Lablache. PETRONEL AND PETRONILLA . KC THERE are as many poor people in Fairyland as in any other great country . It isn't all gold and sil- ver and precious stones , as some fairy stories would lead one to be- lieve ; nor are all ...
Fanny Lablache. PETRONEL AND PETRONILLA . KC THERE are as many poor people in Fairyland as in any other great country . It isn't all gold and sil- ver and precious stones , as some fairy stories would lead one to be- lieve ; nor are all ...
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... poor enough place , —a little cottage built of clay , straw , and rough stones ; a little garden , wherein Petronilla's mother worked from morning till night ; and a few square yards of arid pasture land , railed in , where two lean ...
... poor enough place , —a little cottage built of clay , straw , and rough stones ; a little garden , wherein Petronilla's mother worked from morning till night ; and a few square yards of arid pasture land , railed in , where two lean ...
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... poor . I've had an eye on you for some time . How was it you forgot my cakes ? ' Then Petronilla's mother knew that she saw a fairy before her , and fell on her knees . ' My husband was just dead , and I couldn't . Give me my baby ...
... poor . I've had an eye on you for some time . How was it you forgot my cakes ? ' Then Petronilla's mother knew that she saw a fairy before her , and fell on her knees . ' My husband was just dead , and I couldn't . Give me my baby ...
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Fanny Lablache. At the time that Petronilla was beginning her lonely life , too poor to fear for the safety of her little posses- sions ; too good to be afraid of the solitude or of the long dark nights ; too contented to wish for ...
Fanny Lablache. At the time that Petronilla was beginning her lonely life , too poor to fear for the safety of her little posses- sions ; too good to be afraid of the solitude or of the long dark nights ; too contented to wish for ...
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