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... " Ah , if only your dear mother had lived things would have been very different . " throw m arms round his neck . But here I would Dora would lay her soft cheek against his face , and our father would be 10 WE FOUR .
... " Ah , if only your dear mother had lived things would have been very different . " throw m arms round his neck . But here I would Dora would lay her soft cheek against his face , and our father would be 10 WE FOUR .
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... things will right themselves as you grow older . " Alas ! perhaps our father did not realize that the right- ing process does not always come of itself , and that it may be a very hard one . We were the most thorough country children ...
... things will right themselves as you grow older . " Alas ! perhaps our father did not realize that the right- ing process does not always come of itself , and that it may be a very hard one . We were the most thorough country children ...
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... things that were most peculiarly galling to me , all the more as I knew that she had generally the right upon her side . More especially , she had a way of discussing us and our faults to visitors and strangers before our faces , and ...
... things that were most peculiarly galling to me , all the more as I knew that she had generally the right upon her side . More especially , she had a way of discussing us and our faults to visitors and strangers before our faces , and ...
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... things which she found impossible to find fault with . One was our perfect health and strength ; we might not have learned very much , there certainly was room for improvement in our manners , but our bodily health was perfect ; and I ...
... things which she found impossible to find fault with . One was our perfect health and strength ; we might not have learned very much , there certainly was room for improvement in our manners , but our bodily health was perfect ; and I ...
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... " Ah , if only your dear mother had lived things would have been very different . " But here I would . throw m arms round his neck . Dora would lay her soft cheek against his face , and our father would be IO WE FOUR .
... " Ah , if only your dear mother had lived things would have been very different . " But here I would . throw m arms round his neck . Dora would lay her soft cheek against his face , and our father would be IO WE FOUR .
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