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Page 60
... still without success , though her second attempt was better than the first : then Lilla was tired of sitting , so Laura could not try any more . Oh , how much she now wished to be able to draw well ! She no longer felt 60 LAURA MERVILLE .
... still without success , though her second attempt was better than the first : then Lilla was tired of sitting , so Laura could not try any more . Oh , how much she now wished to be able to draw well ! She no longer felt 60 LAURA MERVILLE .
Page 61
... wished to do everything ; and determined to apply herself most earnestly when she went back to school , and the time for going was now fast approaching ; for alas ! the holidays were nearly at an end . 62 CHAPTER VI . A DEATH . WHEN ...
... wished to do everything ; and determined to apply herself most earnestly when she went back to school , and the time for going was now fast approaching ; for alas ! the holidays were nearly at an end . 62 CHAPTER VI . A DEATH . WHEN ...
Page 104
... wished Augusta to manage solely because they knew it pleased her to do so . How- ever , whatever hidden feelings were the cause ( most likely a little different in every heart ) , cer- tain it was that Augusta was always the chosen one ...
... wished Augusta to manage solely because they knew it pleased her to do so . How- ever , whatever hidden feelings were the cause ( most likely a little different in every heart ) , cer- tain it was that Augusta was always the chosen one ...
Page 108
... wished to raise his daughter by sending her to a school where the pupils should be above her in station ; and equal or beneath her in money . Many were the rude taunts and biting speeches Grace had had to bear from this circumstance ...
... wished to raise his daughter by sending her to a school where the pupils should be above her in station ; and equal or beneath her in money . Many were the rude taunts and biting speeches Grace had had to bear from this circumstance ...
Page 123
... good- ness doubly beautiful , and so they naturally wished to imitate her . Pretty people should recollect that every gift was bestowed for something ; and that beauty is one of their talents , of which they must be THE MOSS - ROSE . 123.
... good- ness doubly beautiful , and so they naturally wished to imitate her . Pretty people should recollect that every gift was bestowed for something ; and that beauty is one of their talents , of which they must be THE MOSS - ROSE . 123.
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