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... - ent from the London milk she was used to ! When they had nearly done breakfast Caro- line appeared , and her heavy eyes and pale face looked more like London than Beech- wood . " Are you ill , my dear ? " asked 12 COUNTRY PLEASURES .
... - ent from the London milk she was used to ! When they had nearly done breakfast Caro- line appeared , and her heavy eyes and pale face looked more like London than Beech- wood . " Are you ill , my dear ? " asked 12 COUNTRY PLEASURES .
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... eye , pale cheek , and quick - drawn breath telling too plainly that he was in the last stage of consumption . He stretched out both his hands to Miss Mitchell , who , kindly pressing them , answered his look of inquiry , for he did not ...
... eye , pale cheek , and quick - drawn breath telling too plainly that he was in the last stage of consumption . He stretched out both his hands to Miss Mitchell , who , kindly pressing them , answered his look of inquiry , for he did not ...
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... eyes dear Willie wants his . " Miss Mitchell assured her that no apology was necessary , and after a little conversation with Mary , and promising to send Willie some jelly , they took their leave . " Now , my dear Miss Horton , " said ...
... eyes dear Willie wants his . " Miss Mitchell assured her that no apology was necessary , and after a little conversation with Mary , and promising to send Willie some jelly , they took their leave . " Now , my dear Miss Horton , " said ...
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... eye and lighter step . Caroline was glad to go home , because she was very dull in the country , Agnes was sorry to leave . the green fields and pretty lanes , but she was of too happy a disposition to grumble , and she loved her papa ...
... eye and lighter step . Caroline was glad to go home , because she was very dull in the country , Agnes was sorry to leave . the green fields and pretty lanes , but she was of too happy a disposition to grumble , and she loved her papa ...
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... heroine in suffering . It is an instructive lesson to watch her hands con- stantly employed , and her eye ever on what is going on around her . " · " But what has become of her little bro- thers 40 COUNTRY PLEASURES .
... heroine in suffering . It is an instructive lesson to watch her hands con- stantly employed , and her eye ever on what is going on around her . " · " But what has become of her little bro- thers 40 COUNTRY PLEASURES .
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