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... never be other- wise than very plain ; she has not one good feature in her face except her eyes , and her complexion is hopeless . " You call it so , because your other children have such beautiful complexions . How exquisitely fair ...
... never be other- wise than very plain ; she has not one good feature in her face except her eyes , and her complexion is hopeless . " You call it so , because your other children have such beautiful complexions . How exquisitely fair ...
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... never know how to dress them . " " Janet is like Hilary . " " Oh , no ! " cried my mother ; " Hilary's face is far better featured ; and besides , in a boy it does not signify . " " No ; and after all , dear Mrs. Scott " ( I noticed ...
... never know how to dress them . " " Janet is like Hilary . " " Oh , no ! " cried my mother ; " Hilary's face is far better featured ; and besides , in a boy it does not signify . " " No ; and after all , dear Mrs. Scott " ( I noticed ...
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... never see anything but green slimy stones , and long , thin leaves of water - weeds , stirred languidly by the transit of a small fish or the evolutions of some shapeless monster , all head or all tail , that I could hardly look at ...
... never see anything but green slimy stones , and long , thin leaves of water - weeds , stirred languidly by the transit of a small fish or the evolutions of some shapeless monster , all head or all tail , that I could hardly look at ...
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... never good . My mother and we children sat at the opposite end of the table , where our occupations could be carried on without interfering with his . My dear mother , not having such keen eyes as we had , nor the heart to commit such ...
... never good . My mother and we children sat at the opposite end of the table , where our occupations could be carried on without interfering with his . My dear mother , not having such keen eyes as we had , nor the heart to commit such ...
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... never could for long resist the fascination that obliged me to look up against my will . I used to hear Hilary's voice pause in his monotonous repetition of his lesson , and meaning only to telegraph a warning to him to 22 JANET'S HOME .
... never could for long resist the fascination that obliged me to look up against my will . I used to hear Hilary's voice pause in his monotonous repetition of his lesson , and meaning only to telegraph a warning to him to 22 JANET'S HOME .
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