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... tone , they will be such as parents and others may safely put into the hands of English maidens , while to the girls themselves they will prove an attractive investment for their pocket money . The following volumes are ready ...
... tone , they will be such as parents and others may safely put into the hands of English maidens , while to the girls themselves they will prove an attractive investment for their pocket money . The following volumes are ready ...
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... tone than usual . It was a Saturday afternoon , and Daisy and Aunt Cecily , both released from school and its duties , had been taking a stroll together . The doctor had overtaken them just as they reached his door , and all three had ...
... tone than usual . It was a Saturday afternoon , and Daisy and Aunt Cecily , both released from school and its duties , had been taking a stroll together . The doctor had overtaken them just as they reached his door , and all three had ...
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... tone . " But you have let the chance slip , and no one knows how long you will have to go toiling on in the stupid old school . Dear aunty , I've often heard my father say that you were made for quite another kind of life ! " " Well ...
... tone . " But you have let the chance slip , and no one knows how long you will have to go toiling on in the stupid old school . Dear aunty , I've often heard my father say that you were made for quite another kind of life ! " " Well ...
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... tone that had awakened a dread in Cecily's mind . Andrew was a man of strong nerves , not given to morbid fancies and fore- bodings . If he believed himself to be break- ing down , she could not think it an idle fear ; moreover , he had ...
... tone that had awakened a dread in Cecily's mind . Andrew was a man of strong nerves , not given to morbid fancies and fore- bodings . If he believed himself to be break- ing down , she could not think it an idle fear ; moreover , he had ...
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... tone . The funeral was over , and she was lying on the bed in her own room , utterly languid and spent . Cecily sat by her side , sometimes gazing anxiously at the pale young face , and sometimes 66 27 Farewell all Wishes , all Debate . "
... tone . The funeral was over , and she was lying on the bed in her own room , utterly languid and spent . Cecily sat by her side , sometimes gazing anxiously at the pale young face , and sometimes 66 27 Farewell all Wishes , all Debate . "
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