Glimpses of Nature, and Objects of Interest Described, During a Visit to the Isle of Wight |
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... asked her if she would like to go to the Isle of Wight ? It is impossible to describe what a change these few words produced in the feelings of the little girl , and she replied with her countenance beaming with delight , " Oh yes ...
... asked her if she would like to go to the Isle of Wight ? It is impossible to describe what a change these few words produced in the feelings of the little girl , and she replied with her countenance beaming with delight , " Oh yes ...
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... asked what she was thinking about , she ventured to inquire what the man meant by speaking to her only , and why he took any interest in knowing her age . " I sup- pose , " said she , " he must have some little girls of his own , and ...
... asked what she was thinking about , she ventured to inquire what the man meant by speaking to her only , and why he took any interest in knowing her age . " I sup- pose , " said she , " he must have some little girls of his own , and ...
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... ; and when Agnes indignantly denied his assertion , he asked her if she thought her mamma had never written " your humble servant " at the end of a letter , without meaning that she was ready to act 10 GLIMPSES OF NATURE ; OR ,
... ; and when Agnes indignantly denied his assertion , he asked her if she thought her mamma had never written " your humble servant " at the end of a letter , without meaning that she was ready to act 10 GLIMPSES OF NATURE ; OR ,
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... asked Agnes , if she knew what corn it was . Before , however , the child could answer , a young man who sat opposite told her with a patronizing air , that it was wheat . 66 " You may know it , " continued he ; by its close heads ...
... asked Agnes , if she knew what corn it was . Before , however , the child could answer , a young man who sat opposite told her with a patronizing air , that it was wheat . 66 " You may know it , " continued he ; by its close heads ...
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... asked Agnes ; " you told me mowing was too difficult for them , and surely it is nobler to cut corn than grass . " 66 99 Reaping requires less strength than mowing , as the sickle is neither so heavy nor so cumbrous as the scythe ...
... asked Agnes ; " you told me mowing was too difficult for them , and surely it is nobler to cut corn than grass . " 66 99 Reaping requires less strength than mowing , as the sickle is neither so heavy nor so cumbrous as the scythe ...
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