Talent in tatters; or, Some vicissitudes in the life of an English boy, by Hope WraytheGriffith & Farran, 1878 - 256 pages |
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... sent a bit more . And , as soon as I can , Tim , I will get to work again ; and , please God , it won't be long before I do . But how did you come by the silver , Tim ? ' ' Oh , mother , it was a tall gentleman that gave it to me . He ...
... sent a bit more . And , as soon as I can , Tim , I will get to work again ; and , please God , it won't be long before I do . But how did you come by the silver , Tim ? ' ' Oh , mother , it was a tall gentleman that gave it to me . He ...
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... sent him to school every day , and to the Sunday school besides . Tim could nearly read , for he was a sharp little boy ; and he had learnt by heart several hymns at the Sunday school . But here he was , in Applecourt Alley ; his mother ...
... sent him to school every day , and to the Sunday school besides . Tim could nearly read , for he was a sharp little boy ; and he had learnt by heart several hymns at the Sunday school . But here he was , in Applecourt Alley ; his mother ...
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... Presently Tim returns with the medicine which he had been sent to fetch . While the doctor is attending to his mother , Tim looks out of the window . D It has stopped raining . White , flaky clouds are ' REMEMBERED . ' 49.
... Presently Tim returns with the medicine which he had been sent to fetch . While the doctor is attending to his mother , Tim looks out of the window . D It has stopped raining . White , flaky clouds are ' REMEMBERED . ' 49.
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... sent this good gentleman to see them . So God still takes care of them , though they cannot go to church . Still he can go to church though mother can't , except that his clothes are in such dreadful holes , and mother can't mend them ...
... sent this good gentleman to see them . So God still takes care of them , though they cannot go to church . Still he can go to church though mother can't , except that his clothes are in such dreadful holes , and mother can't mend them ...
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... sent the child to the chemist's for something to quiet her cough , and while he was out of the way , I heard part of her story ; it was rather inco- herent ; but when she mentioned Westwood in Berkshire , as the place where her husband ...
... sent the child to the chemist's for something to quiet her cough , and while he was out of the way , I heard part of her story ; it was rather inco- herent ; but when she mentioned Westwood in Berkshire , as the place where her husband ...
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