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... sweet - scented clover . Then along the dusty highroad came the old fly , and Aunt Grace hastened down as fast as she could in order to greet her expected guest . But the new - comer was too quick for her . At the bottom of the stairs a ...
... sweet - scented clover . Then along the dusty highroad came the old fly , and Aunt Grace hastened down as fast as she could in order to greet her expected guest . But the new - comer was too quick for her . At the bottom of the stairs a ...
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... sweet kind of foolishness , and can sym- pathise with Miss Harcourt's joyful distraction . Ah me ! I fear the day may come when we shall have grown too sensible to be incoherent , and when we shall have lost , by gain in precision ...
... sweet kind of foolishness , and can sym- pathise with Miss Harcourt's joyful distraction . Ah me ! I fear the day may come when we shall have grown too sensible to be incoherent , and when we shall have lost , by gain in precision ...
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... of all the inhabitants and could call the little children by their names ! It was so pleasant to come down to breakfast in the sunny little parlour . And to stand at the window , drinking in the sweet scents and sounds of D 2 VI.
... of all the inhabitants and could call the little children by their names ! It was so pleasant to come down to breakfast in the sunny little parlour . And to stand at the window , drinking in the sweet scents and sounds of D 2 VI.
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... sweet domestic rite which is meant to gather all the members of a household into the brotherhood of Chris- tian fellowship . But here again Aunt Grace's way was different . Her two maids sat close to the table , and Aunt Grace , as she ...
... sweet domestic rite which is meant to gather all the members of a household into the brotherhood of Chris- tian fellowship . But here again Aunt Grace's way was different . Her two maids sat close to the table , and Aunt Grace , as she ...
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... sweet , earnest voice must bear with it a blessing . Then came breakfast and the newspaper , for Aunt Grace was a great politician and would have thought it absolutely wicked to limit her interests to the affairs of Fern Hollow . She ...
... sweet , earnest voice must bear with it a blessing . Then came breakfast and the newspaper , for Aunt Grace was a great politician and would have thought it absolutely wicked to limit her interests to the affairs of Fern Hollow . She ...
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