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... appearance she was childish , many , in hearing her speak , would have thought her quite a young woman . Now , I daresay you are ready to say that you con- sider a girl of sixteen quite a young woman . So did I , when I was that age ...
... appearance she was childish , many , in hearing her speak , would have thought her quite a young woman . Now , I daresay you are ready to say that you con- sider a girl of sixteen quite a young woman . So did I , when I was that age ...
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... appeared no more than a boy , thinking of nothing better than play . ' Always God ! ' repeated Theodora . ' Yes . I don't think I should ever feel quite lonely , if everybody in the world I love were to die , because God is a better ...
... appeared no more than a boy , thinking of nothing better than play . ' Always God ! ' repeated Theodora . ' Yes . I don't think I should ever feel quite lonely , if everybody in the world I love were to die , because God is a better ...
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... appeared so very young a girl - what he would have called almost a child ; for , you see , the Duke of X was a man of fifty ; and at that age , young people of sixteen do seem very young ; -but he bowed , and said- And why did you wish ...
... appeared so very young a girl - what he would have called almost a child ; for , you see , the Duke of X was a man of fifty ; and at that age , young people of sixteen do seem very young ; -but he bowed , and said- And why did you wish ...
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... appeared only one remove from starvation . ' Yes . She would gladly pay for Alfred ; only , you see , there are so many of us . ' ' And is your brother - is Alfred ready to go to sea ? ' ' He would have to go to the Naval College first ...
... appeared only one remove from starvation . ' Yes . She would gladly pay for Alfred ; only , you see , there are so many of us . ' ' And is your brother - is Alfred ready to go to sea ? ' ' He would have to go to the Naval College first ...
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... appeared so utterly unconscious that she had done anything unusual , that Mr. Morgan , like the Duke of X- , felt inclined to laugh . However , he said— ' And now , what have you to cry about , you silly child ? ' ' I don't know ; I ...
... appeared so utterly unconscious that she had done anything unusual , that Mr. Morgan , like the Duke of X- , felt inclined to laugh . However , he said— ' And now , what have you to cry about , you silly child ? ' ' I don't know ; I ...
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