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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... sure I could go from A to Z , as initial letters of the wonders with which I soon made acquaintance . Not that I at once became aware of the uses , or even the names , of all I saw . No one took the trouble to teach me ; and it was only ...
... sure I could go from A to Z , as initial letters of the wonders with which I soon made acquaintance . Not that I at once became aware of the uses , or even the names , of all I saw . No one took the trouble to teach me ; and it was only ...
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... sure I could always find something to spend sixpence in . String ? One is always wanting string . You may have a good ball of whipcord . ' ' These sort of places don't sell it . ' ' Then , I say again , keep your money till you want it ...
... sure I could always find something to spend sixpence in . String ? One is always wanting string . You may have a good ball of whipcord . ' ' These sort of places don't sell it . ' ' Then , I say again , keep your money till you want it ...
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... sure that I had any use at all , and still less what , or to whom . Day after day I lay on my counter unnoticed , except by the shopwoman who covered us up at night , and re - arranged us in the morning ; and even this she did with such ...
... sure that I had any use at all , and still less what , or to whom . Day after day I lay on my counter unnoticed , except by the shopwoman who covered us up at night , and re - arranged us in the morning ; and even this she did with such ...
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... sure that she meant me , I was removed from my place , wrapped up in paper , and con- signed to her hands . My long - cherished wishes were fulfilled , and I was bought . At first I could scarcely believe it . Notwithstanding all my ...
... sure that she meant me , I was removed from my place , wrapped up in paper , and con- signed to her hands . My long - cherished wishes were fulfilled , and I was bought . At first I could scarcely believe it . Notwithstanding all my ...
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... best of my power . sure , I did not know which was geography and which was grammar ; and English and Roman history were both alike to me . But I did as I was bid . I sat upright in the place appointed 38 THE DOLL AND HER FRIENDS .
... best of my power . sure , I did not know which was geography and which was grammar ; and English and Roman history were both alike to me . But I did as I was bid . I sat upright in the place appointed 38 THE DOLL AND HER FRIENDS .
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