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... , the sexton , bell - ringer , and clerk of the parish . A pretty picture she made running down the road , her white draperies flying after her and her musical voice awakening echoes from the old church 24 MY SISTER'S KEEPER .
... , the sexton , bell - ringer , and clerk of the parish . A pretty picture she made running down the road , her white draperies flying after her and her musical voice awakening echoes from the old church 24 MY SISTER'S KEEPER .
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... pretty knick- knacks . How different it was from the crowded work- room she had just left , where the monotony was only varied by the whirr of the sewing machines , and the sharp tones of the chief dressmaker . " What would be the best ...
... pretty knick- knacks . How different it was from the crowded work- room she had just left , where the monotony was only varied by the whirr of the sewing machines , and the sharp tones of the chief dressmaker . " What would be the best ...
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... pretty as pictures . The Coliseum and the Catacombs were mere words to these toiling girls . They awakened no glorious memories — no hallowed associations . May felt sorry for them . She saw that her sister's graphic description fell ...
... pretty as pictures . The Coliseum and the Catacombs were mere words to these toiling girls . They awakened no glorious memories — no hallowed associations . May felt sorry for them . She saw that her sister's graphic description fell ...
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... pretty young lady , and her gracious hospitality , her cake , her tea , and her pictures , were not mere allurements towards the solid goal of sober lecturings and the bestowal of cartloads of good advice ? Was it possible that they ...
... pretty young lady , and her gracious hospitality , her cake , her tea , and her pictures , were not mere allurements towards the solid goal of sober lecturings and the bestowal of cartloads of good advice ? Was it possible that they ...
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... into her eyes and smiled . " I've done with such wishes , miss , " he said . " But it seems , oh ! so horrid of me , " May said with a choke in her voice . " So horrid I mean , to have riches , and pretty A PRACTICAL BEGINNING . 69.
... into her eyes and smiled . " I've done with such wishes , miss , " he said . " But it seems , oh ! so horrid of me , " May said with a choke in her voice . " So horrid I mean , to have riches , and pretty A PRACTICAL BEGINNING . 69.
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