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... seemed to me hard enough that both father and mother should be leaving us for a time without the added trial of an unwelcome visitant . Their intended departure for New York for an absence of two or three months had only been announced ...
... seemed to me hard enough that both father and mother should be leaving us for a time without the added trial of an unwelcome visitant . Their intended departure for New York for an absence of two or three months had only been announced ...
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... seemed to me , though possibly I was not taken as early into the confidence of my elders as I would have wished . Aunt Rachel , unluckily , was on the scene , and I knew that she counselled the discipline of tasks and tuition in our ...
... seemed to me , though possibly I was not taken as early into the confidence of my elders as I would have wished . Aunt Rachel , unluckily , was on the scene , and I knew that she counselled the discipline of tasks and tuition in our ...
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... her hand emphatically on a table before her , and seemed to think a climax had been reached . I will take them off to their lessons , " I interposed , assuming the authority I pined for . I might not 10 MY MOTHER'S DIAMONDS .
... her hand emphatically on a table before her , and seemed to think a climax had been reached . I will take them off to their lessons , " I interposed , assuming the authority I pined for . I might not 10 MY MOTHER'S DIAMONDS .
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... seemed to have quadrupled his limbs in a mad scramble over the table to compass or conceal something . I need scarcely say that he was blacker than ever , for a huge ink - bottle had been upset , the contents streamed abroad , and he ...
... seemed to have quadrupled his limbs in a mad scramble over the table to compass or conceal something . I need scarcely say that he was blacker than ever , for a huge ink - bottle had been upset , the contents streamed abroad , and he ...
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... seemed sufficient for me , and I went forth in it anew . During the absence of the heads of the household , it had been arranged that we were all to have our meals together , and at the children's early hours The dining - room , however ...
... seemed sufficient for me , and I went forth in it anew . During the absence of the heads of the household , it had been arranged that we were all to have our meals together , and at the children's early hours The dining - room , however ...
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My Mother's Diamonds: A Domestic Story for Daughters at Home (Classic Reprint) Maria J. Greer No preview available - 2017 |
My Mother's Diamonds: A Domestic Story for Daughters at Home (Classic Reprint) Maria J. Greer No preview available - 2018 |
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