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... Papa's account of them - Flora neglected by her New Friends - Caroline's Sympathy - Zoophytes— Hard Names - Usefulness of Employment CHAPTER VIII . The Last Walk in Scarborough - Flora's Debate with Herself -Caroline returns to her Home ...
... Papa's account of them - Flora neglected by her New Friends - Caroline's Sympathy - Zoophytes— Hard Names - Usefulness of Employment CHAPTER VIII . The Last Walk in Scarborough - Flora's Debate with Herself -Caroline returns to her Home ...
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... papa say , and as we can always have a maid to do these things for us , or let them be made by dressmakers , I do not see any sense in learning to do a thing that we never shall do when we are grown up . Yes- terday , for instance ...
... papa say , and as we can always have a maid to do these things for us , or let them be made by dressmakers , I do not see any sense in learning to do a thing that we never shall do when we are grown up . Yes- terday , for instance ...
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... new cook that we had , making some curry for papa , and he said the rice was very badly done , and the next day mamma went and shewed the cook how to boil rice for curry ; PACKING UP . 19 so she had learned it at 18 FICKLE FLORA .
... new cook that we had , making some curry for papa , and he said the rice was very badly done , and the next day mamma went and shewed the cook how to boil rice for curry ; PACKING UP . 19 so she had learned it at 18 FICKLE FLORA .
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... papa about it last night , and he told me a little , that the rise and fall of tides are supposed to be caused by the attraction of the moon , and that their time varies according to the motion of the moon . But he said that it was a ...
... papa about it last night , and he told me a little , that the rise and fall of tides are supposed to be caused by the attraction of the moon , and that their time varies according to the motion of the moon . But he said that it was a ...
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... Papa has a large seal of it ; it is striped white and brown . " " Yes , and sometimes it is varied by bluish or grey stripes . This stone has been used for cutting cameos ; it is coloured as you described , Flora , in stripes or layers ...
... Papa has a large seal of it ; it is striped white and brown . " " Yes , and sometimes it is varied by bluish or grey stripes . This stone has been used for cutting cameos ; it is coloured as you described , Flora , in stripes or layers ...
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