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... mother and Dame Simcoe , but a genius unrecognized , in the eyes of his father and Polly Twaddle . He had been put from his earliest years under the educational care of Mrs. Simcoe ; for his mother , who was the daughter of a deceased ...
... mother and Dame Simcoe , but a genius unrecognized , in the eyes of his father and Polly Twaddle . He had been put from his earliest years under the educational care of Mrs. Simcoe ; for his mother , who was the daughter of a deceased ...
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... mother , " till they're that hard that you might walk on ' em , and I've ' rodded ' him till my back ached , and I can't do nought with him . I don't want to take your money unjust , neighbour Brand , and so I've real worked hard to ...
... mother , " till they're that hard that you might walk on ' em , and I've ' rodded ' him till my back ached , and I can't do nought with him . I don't want to take your money unjust , neighbour Brand , and so I've real worked hard to ...
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... mother's wrath , and terrified search , her own possible long imprisonment , and uncertain release , a bright hope , in the remembrance of her sworn crony , brought a ray of light with it . Moses ! he alone would guess where she was ...
... mother's wrath , and terrified search , her own possible long imprisonment , and uncertain release , a bright hope , in the remembrance of her sworn crony , brought a ray of light with it . Moses ! he alone would guess where she was ...
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... mother , with no greater harm than two black eyes , and the skin off both her elbows . Mrs. Twaddle , relieved from her terrors , gave her a vigorous shake , and scolded her off to bed , where she soon cried herself to sleep ; while ...
... mother , with no greater harm than two black eyes , and the skin off both her elbows . Mrs. Twaddle , relieved from her terrors , gave her a vigorous shake , and scolded her off to bed , where she soon cried herself to sleep ; while ...
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... , and Jack and Harry shuffled about in shoes that only just held together , as if they liked it , while they flourished their ragged elbows and knees as buoyantly and ostentatiously as ever . As for the mother 12 Polly's Pupil .
... , and Jack and Harry shuffled about in shoes that only just held together , as if they liked it , while they flourished their ragged elbows and knees as buoyantly and ostentatiously as ever . As for the mother 12 Polly's Pupil .
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