Talent in tatters; or, Some vicissitudes in the life of an English boy, by Hope WraytheGriffith & Farran, 1878 - 256 pages |
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... she has got so far as the moon , why doesn't she go on through the blue , and get to heaven ? She must be so very nearly there ! ' " Ah , Nellie , ' says Uncle Jack , stroking her hair as she sits upon his knee , ' perhaps ' COBWEBS . ' 29.
... she has got so far as the moon , why doesn't she go on through the blue , and get to heaven ? She must be so very nearly there ! ' " Ah , Nellie , ' says Uncle Jack , stroking her hair as she sits upon his knee , ' perhaps ' COBWEBS . ' 29.
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... sits in Uncle Jack's arm - chair , her thoughts go back to their con- versation that evening . • • ' Ah , Nellie , perhaps she doesn't know . There are a great , great many cobwebs to be brushed away first . ' Well , if she doesn't know ...
... sits in Uncle Jack's arm - chair , her thoughts go back to their con- versation that evening . • • ' Ah , Nellie , perhaps she doesn't know . There are a great , great many cobwebs to be brushed away first . ' Well , if she doesn't know ...
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... sits very still , looking quite grave . ' And what is little Miss Nellie thinking about ? ' chirps the old lady by her . ' Cobwebs , ' says Nellie quietly . ' What , my darling ? ' says the old lady , who is a little deaf . ' Cobwebs ...
... sits very still , looking quite grave . ' And what is little Miss Nellie thinking about ? ' chirps the old lady by her . ' Cobwebs , ' says Nellie quietly . ' What , my darling ? ' says the old lady , who is a little deaf . ' Cobwebs ...
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... sits on the floor , and by the light of the fire he contrives to read a chapter to his mother , very slowly certainly , but still pretty correctly , out of her old Bible . ' Mother , ' says he , when he has finished , ' Uncle Jack said ...
... sits on the floor , and by the light of the fire he contrives to read a chapter to his mother , very slowly certainly , but still pretty correctly , out of her old Bible . ' Mother , ' says he , when he has finished , ' Uncle Jack said ...
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... sitting in an arm- chair , drinking his tea , with a newspaper in his hand which he cannot see to read . Lady Dashwood is sitting in an arm - chair on the opposite side of the rug , and Nellie on a footstool at her feet . - In walks ...
... sitting in an arm- chair , drinking his tea , with a newspaper in his hand which he cannot see to read . Lady Dashwood is sitting in an arm - chair on the opposite side of the rug , and Nellie on a footstool at her feet . - In walks ...
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