The daughter of a geniusGriffith and Farran, 1879 - 127 pages |
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... sisters , had been employed some minutes before by their mamma in winding two skeins of silk for her , which were held for each by a younger sister . Belle was still carefully pursuing her task , and following the entangled thread ...
... sisters , had been employed some minutes before by their mamma in winding two skeins of silk for her , which were held for each by a younger sister . Belle was still carefully pursuing her task , and following the entangled thread ...
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... sister told me how to do it ; I don't believe I should have had the sense to find it out . ' >> " Yes , you would , my love , if you had thought about it ; Belle generally does right , because she never despises any thing as not worthy ...
... sister told me how to do it ; I don't believe I should have had the sense to find it out . ' >> " Yes , you would , my love , if you had thought about it ; Belle generally does right , because she never despises any thing as not worthy ...
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... sister , on which was written : " My dear Maria , I need not tell you how truly I sympathise with you - be assured that you shall hear from us constantly , and do not think of coming -- you can do your beloved husband the greatest ...
... sister , on which was written : " My dear Maria , I need not tell you how truly I sympathise with you - be assured that you shall hear from us constantly , and do not think of coming -- you can do your beloved husband the greatest ...
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... sister to lament her situation and ask advice . " The only thing you can possibly do now , is to get the new comer to pay the debts due at this time , which he will certainly do ; for though large they are a small portion of the whole ...
... sister to lament her situation and ask advice . " The only thing you can possibly do now , is to get the new comer to pay the debts due at this time , which he will certainly do ; for though large they are a small portion of the whole ...
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... sisters ' fortunes , and your own too , is in that bank . You ought instantly to have returned and told Belle would have gone immediately ; even I would have crawled there , weak as I am , to have saved some- thing for my poor orphans ...
... sisters ' fortunes , and your own too , is in that bank . You ought instantly to have returned and told Belle would have gone immediately ; even I would have crawled there , weak as I am , to have saved some- thing for my poor orphans ...
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