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... 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 ; and , as you may do , I thought myself more experienced and a great deal ...
... 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 ; and , as you may do , I thought myself more experienced and a great deal ...
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... , and fourteen years old , that she might get her to go out in the garden with the children ; but Gertrude was selfish , and was nowhere to be found . Theodora asked little Edith if she thought she could take care of them all ;
... , and fourteen years old , that she might get her to go out in the garden with the children ; but Gertrude was selfish , and was nowhere to be found . Theodora asked little Edith if she thought she could take care of them all ;
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Emilia Marryat Norris. she thought she could take care of them all ; and Edith of course thought she could ; but the whole party were hardly out of sight , and Theodora's hand had but just opened her father's door , when there was a ...
Emilia Marryat Norris. she thought she could take care of them all ; and Edith of course thought she could ; but the whole party were hardly out of sight , and Theodora's hand had but just opened her father's door , when there was a ...
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... thought that all the children had better go for a time , mamma , ' Theodora answered . ' He says that the house must be kept quiet . ' ' Absurd , ' said Mrs. Astley ; ' your father's illness is not one likely to be increased by any ...
... thought that all the children had better go for a time , mamma , ' Theodora answered . ' He says that the house must be kept quiet . ' ' Absurd , ' said Mrs. Astley ; ' your father's illness is not one likely to be increased by any ...
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... thought . Less than four - and- twenty hours after Theodora's interview with her father , before she had hardly become accustomed to the idea that he must leave her , the reality came , —so suddenly , there was but time to call her ...
... thought . Less than four - and- twenty hours after Theodora's interview with her father , before she had hardly become accustomed to the idea that he must leave her , the reality came , —so suddenly , there was but time to call her ...
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