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... give her splendid presents and take her to wonderful places ; and how I should have to stay at home , and be of no account at all , because I was ugly . I grew interested in the picture I was drawing , as I went on ; and as I took care ...
... give her splendid presents and take her to wonderful places ; and how I should have to stay at home , and be of no account at all , because I was ugly . I grew interested in the picture I was drawing , as I went on ; and as I took care ...
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... give a great deal for you to have them ; or rarely , on very bad evenings , he used to look across the table towards my mother , and observe , in his coldest voice , My dear Ernestine , some day , when you are quite at leisure , I shall ...
... give a great deal for you to have them ; or rarely , on very bad evenings , he used to look across the table towards my mother , and observe , in his coldest voice , My dear Ernestine , some day , when you are quite at leisure , I shall ...
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... give you up ! You never will be like anybody else ! What use is all your reading , when you can't do the simplest thing that you are told ! " I used always to acknowledge , in my inmost heart , the justice of these sentences . If I ...
... give you up ! You never will be like anybody else ! What use is all your reading , when you can't do the simplest thing that you are told ! " I used always to acknowledge , in my inmost heart , the justice of these sentences . If I ...
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... give Hilary in the evening , when the time for his finally leaving school drew There was a scholarship attached to the school of which my father was head - master , and my father , to the terrible dismay of the whole family , came to ...
... give Hilary in the evening , when the time for his finally leaving school drew There was a scholarship attached to the school of which my father was head - master , and my father , to the terrible dismay of the whole family , came to ...
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... of course , everything must give way to the boys ; but when Hilary has once got his scholarship , and gone to college , you must turn your attention to useful things . I feel nearly sure that he will succeed 42 JANET'S HOME .
... of course , everything must give way to the boys ; but when Hilary has once got his scholarship , and gone to college , you must turn your attention to useful things . I feel nearly sure that he will succeed 42 JANET'S HOME .
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