Corner cottage and its inmates; or, Trust in God, Volume 230Griffith and Farran, 1869 - 216 pages |
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... week ; their best frocks , with not a crease in them , placed in a trunk with their gloves and neck - ties . Not a stocking was ever put away without being mended and neatly rolled up ; not a single article allowed to become shabby for ...
... week ; their best frocks , with not a crease in them , placed in a trunk with their gloves and neck - ties . Not a stocking was ever put away without being mended and neatly rolled up ; not a single article allowed to become shabby for ...
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... week , and there was a good deal of scrubbing at times , for Mrs. Wentworth was very particular in having her cottage kept clean and wholesome ; and although there were no carpets to shake , no polished furniture to brighten up , no ...
... week , and there was a good deal of scrubbing at times , for Mrs. Wentworth was very particular in having her cottage kept clean and wholesome ; and although there were no carpets to shake , no polished furniture to brighten up , no ...
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... week after week , to procure daily bread for her little children . Frank , remembered how , one by one , things he had been accustomed to see and use , disappeared ; how gradually dinner became less and less a meal to look forward to as ...
... week after week , to procure daily bread for her little children . Frank , remembered how , one by one , things he had been accustomed to see and use , disappeared ; how gradually dinner became less and less a meal to look forward to as ...
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... week for their room , and procure sufficient food and fuel to keep them from positive starvation ; but their mother grew weaker , and want of proper nourishment and exercise made the children listless and drowsy , so that their earnings ...
... week for their room , and procure sufficient food and fuel to keep them from positive starvation ; but their mother grew weaker , and want of proper nourishment and exercise made the children listless and drowsy , so that their earnings ...
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... week ) for a packet of stationery , penny bottles of ink , little slates , common sewing cottons , cheap thimbles ... weeks had elapsed , they were as merry and light - hearted as children should be , all declaring that they were never ...
... week ) for a packet of stationery , penny bottles of ink , little slates , common sewing cottons , cheap thimbles ... weeks had elapsed , they were as merry and light - hearted as children should be , all declaring that they were never ...
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