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And Other Tales Frances Freeling Broderip. LONDON : PRINTED BY J. WERTHEIMER AND CO . , CIRCUS PLACE , FINSBURY . CA & TO LADY HILL . MY DEAR LADY HILL , I.
And Other Tales Frances Freeling Broderip. LONDON : PRINTED BY J. WERTHEIMER AND CO . , CIRCUS PLACE , FINSBURY . CA & TO LADY HILL . MY DEAR LADY HILL , I.
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And Other Tales Frances Freeling Broderip. TO LADY HILL . MY DEAR LADY HILL , I venture to inscribe this little volume to you , as a very tiny memorial of the friendship that has already existed between our families for more than three ...
And Other Tales Frances Freeling Broderip. TO LADY HILL . MY DEAR LADY HILL , I venture to inscribe this little volume to you , as a very tiny memorial of the friendship that has already existed between our families for more than three ...
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... lady of the woods , " in her white gauze dress . Wide green lanes intersected the place at certain spaces , which all met at a little rustic lodge , roughly built of fir - poles , ornamented with the cones , and wreathed with garlands ...
... lady of the woods , " in her white gauze dress . Wide green lanes intersected the place at certain spaces , which all met at a little rustic lodge , roughly built of fir - poles , ornamented with the cones , and wreathed with garlands ...
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... Lady Harriet wears me , that I am not a real golden pin ? My slender stem glistens as brightly as if it were gold , and my head looks as well as if it were a real pearl , and is a great deal bigger , too . " " I dare say you may like ...
... Lady Harriet wears me , that I am not a real golden pin ? My slender stem glistens as brightly as if it were gold , and my head looks as well as if it were a real pearl , and is a great deal bigger , too . " " I dare say you may like ...
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... lady , who was flourishing away at her work at a great rate , like ever so many steam - engines , taking no notice of any one all the while . " And who may that prettily - named old party be ? " enquired the Gilt Pin , in great scorn ...
... lady , who was flourishing away at her work at a great rate , like ever so many steam - engines , taking no notice of any one all the while . " And who may that prettily - named old party be ? " enquired the Gilt Pin , in great scorn ...
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