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... asked . " That I can't tell , " answered Aunt Ana from the parlour ; " but if you don't learn your lessons quicker , what will become of my errands if we do have any . " The squirrel gambolled more prettily than ever , but not once did ...
... asked . " That I can't tell , " answered Aunt Ana from the parlour ; " but if you don't learn your lessons quicker , what will become of my errands if we do have any . " The squirrel gambolled more prettily than ever , but not once did ...
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... asking for apart- ments , and we ought to be making a little money by our rooms now . " " True , " answered Mr. Roberts ; " we have been rather unlucky this year ; nobody has been to us yet . " " And I want to buy a new carpet for the ...
... asking for apart- ments , and we ought to be making a little money by our rooms now . " " True , " answered Mr. Roberts ; " we have been rather unlucky this year ; nobody has been to us yet . " " And I want to buy a new carpet for the ...
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... asked the gen- tleman , with a smile . 66 66 There , " said Jenny , pointing to her father's cottage , which looked very small in the distance ; we live in the white house at the foot of the moun- tain . It is such a pretty place . " 66 ...
... asked the gen- tleman , with a smile . 66 66 There , " said Jenny , pointing to her father's cottage , which looked very small in the distance ; we live in the white house at the foot of the moun- tain . It is such a pretty place . " 66 ...
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... asked abruptly . وو " Yes , very much , answered Jenny , with some timidity , for she felt that other eyes were fixed on her . " But where do you go to school - and whom have you to play with ? I can't see any houses . " " I don't go to ...
... asked abruptly . وو " Yes , very much , answered Jenny , with some timidity , for she felt that other eyes were fixed on her . " But where do you go to school - and whom have you to play with ? I can't see any houses . " " I don't go to ...
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... asked Beatrice , smiling , half with amusement , half with annoyance . " But don't you think everything is pretty here ? " asked Sylvine , a little damped . " Not everything , certainly . The house has a bleak , comfortless look , and ...
... asked Beatrice , smiling , half with amusement , half with annoyance . " But don't you think everything is pretty here ? " asked Sylvine , a little damped . " Not everything , certainly . The house has a bleak , comfortless look , and ...
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Holidays Among the Mountains: Or Scenes and Stories of Wales (Classic Reprint) M. Betham Edwards No preview available - 2017 |
Holidays Among the Mountains: Or Scenes and Stories of Wales (Classic Reprint) M. Betham Edwards No preview available - 2015 |
Holidays Among the Mountains, Or, Scenes and Stories of Wales Matilda Betham-Edwards No preview available - 2012 |
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