The Doll and Her Friends: Or, Memoirs of the Lady SeraphinaGriffith and Farran, successors to Newbery and Harris, corner of St. Paul's Churchyard, 1868 - Children - 96 pages |
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... easily per- ceived in the little girl's conduct ; but one thing perplexed me sadly : I could not understand why a doll would not have answered her kind in- tentions as well as a paint - box ; why could she not have bought the doll which ...
... easily per- ceived in the little girl's conduct ; but one thing perplexed me sadly : I could not understand why a doll would not have answered her kind in- tentions as well as a paint - box ; why could she not have bought the doll which ...
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... easy bars and slackened the difficult ones ; then she accused me of not caring whether I played right notes or wrong , and torturing her ear by my false chords ; then I banged the notes till I broke the strings ; in short , there was no ...
... easy bars and slackened the difficult ones ; then she accused me of not caring whether I played right notes or wrong , and torturing her ear by my false chords ; then I banged the notes till I broke the strings ; in short , there was no ...
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... easy contrivance . My foot was glued , and for the purpose of standing , answered as well as ever ; and Rose sewed me up in a pair of blue silk boots , and declared that I was prettier than before ; and my misfortune was soon forgotten ...
... easy contrivance . My foot was glued , and for the purpose of standing , answered as well as ever ; and Rose sewed me up in a pair of blue silk boots , and declared that I was prettier than before ; and my misfortune was soon forgotten ...
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... easy to understand , except Geoffrey ; but he was a complete puzzle to me , and it was long before I could make out why he was so different from the rest . The others all seemed to like to help and please one another , but Geoffrey ...
... easy to understand , except Geoffrey ; but he was a complete puzzle to me , and it was long before I could make out why he was so different from the rest . The others all seemed to like to help and please one another , but Geoffrey ...
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... ll think so too ; but you must own there is room for it . ' Perhaps Geoffrey did improve , but it seemed slow work , faults being more easily acquired than cured ; and for a long time I could perceive THE DOLL AND HER FRIENDS . 51.
... ll think so too ; but you must own there is room for it . ' Perhaps Geoffrey did improve , but it seemed slow work , faults being more easily acquired than cured ; and for a long time I could perceive THE DOLL AND HER FRIENDS . 51.
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