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... hope , " said the father exultingly . The door was re - opened , and Maria en- tered with a number of little balls on her hand , on each of which she had wound a needle - full of the silk , and she laid them before her mother with an ...
... hope , " said the father exultingly . The door was re - opened , and Maria en- tered with a number of little balls on her hand , on each of which she had wound a needle - full of the silk , and she laid them before her mother with an ...
Page 29
... hope that she should prevail upon him to pay those debts contracted by Maria during her widowhood , for the house ; but she found him inexorable on the point : " be- cause , " he said , " that it was , however ex- cellent , useless to ...
... hope that she should prevail upon him to pay those debts contracted by Maria during her widowhood , for the house ; but she found him inexorable on the point : " be- cause , " he said , " that it was , however ex- cellent , useless to ...
Page 41
... hope you will never let such a word slip out of your mouth again , ' specially before my mistress . " This " ' ' specially " was unfortunately ut- tered much too often ; and the fear of offending Mrs. Margaret , which it inspired ...
... hope you will never let such a word slip out of your mouth again , ' specially before my mistress . " This " ' ' specially " was unfortunately ut- tered much too often ; and the fear of offending Mrs. Margaret , which it inspired ...
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... As you have had the goodness , madam , to allow my little niece to learn to write , I hope she may also learn a little geogra- phy ? " " I don't see any occasion for it — she F 2 A TALE FOR YOUTH . 51 "Yes! that she was, even to a ...
... As you have had the goodness , madam , to allow my little niece to learn to write , I hope she may also learn a little geogra- phy ? " " I don't see any occasion for it — she F 2 A TALE FOR YOUTH . 51 "Yes! that she was, even to a ...
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... hope to catch poetic inspira- tion from any idea suggested by you , and it is that , child , you have robbed me of . ” " Ah ! mamma , but I speak to you of other and more important robberies . " " That I deny , child , for no robbery is ...
... hope to catch poetic inspira- tion from any idea suggested by you , and it is that , child , you have robbed me of . ” " Ah ! mamma , but I speak to you of other and more important robberies . " " That I deny , child , for no robbery is ...
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