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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... tion had spoilt the delicacy of my white stockings , and Rose said it was impossible to let me go such an untidy figure ; we must try some other way . She asked Willy to lend her a gimlet , that she might bore holes at the sides of my ...
... tion had spoilt the delicacy of my white stockings , and Rose said it was impossible to let me go such an untidy figure ; we must try some other way . She asked Willy to lend her a gimlet , that she might bore holes at the sides of my ...
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... tion , when they wished to draw him from his books . Doctors visited him , and prescribed many remedies , and his mamma gave him all the medi- cines herself , and took care that every order was implicitly obeyed . His father carried him ...
... tion , when they wished to draw him from his books . Doctors visited him , and prescribed many remedies , and his mamma gave him all the medi- cines herself , and took care that every order was implicitly obeyed . His father carried him ...
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... ship was said to be in perfect order , whereas the house was in the utmost confusion and desola- tion the carpets rolled up , the pictures taken down , the mirrors covered with muslin , the furni- 72 THE DOLL AND HER FRIENDS .
... ship was said to be in perfect order , whereas the house was in the utmost confusion and desola- tion the carpets rolled up , the pictures taken down , the mirrors covered with muslin , the furni- 72 THE DOLL AND HER FRIENDS .
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... tion was given me . The night before they sailed , Rose busied herself with Sarah in packing up my house and furniture , which were to be sent to a little girl who had long considered it her greatest treat to play with them . But Rose ...
... tion was given me . The night before they sailed , Rose busied herself with Sarah in packing up my house and furniture , which were to be sent to a little girl who had long considered it her greatest treat to play with them . But Rose ...
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... tion as when Rose and her companions waited at my table . A great change took place in my wardrobe . Rose had always dressed me in gay silks and satins , without much regard to underclothing ; for she said , as my gowns must be sewn on ...
... tion as when Rose and her companions waited at my table . A great change took place in my wardrobe . Rose had always dressed me in gay silks and satins , without much regard to underclothing ; for she said , as my gowns must be sewn on ...
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