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... his nurse would come home and tell his newspaper ; and often at such times
Mary , in the mamma stories of the ladies ... ould - fashioned sayin ' s ! fearless ,
quaint little way of making friends with Did n ' t he come into my kitchen the noight
...
... his nurse would come home and tell his newspaper ; and often at such times
Mary , in the mamma stories of the ladies ... ould - fashioned sayin ' s ! fearless ,
quaint little way of making friends with Did n ' t he come into my kitchen the noight
...
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Och ! bad cess to them ! Lords come to buy some sugar , perhaps , but she had
not . indade – worse luck . " She looked almost pale and as if she were excited It
was really very puzzling , but he felt sure his about something . mamma would tell
...
Och ! bad cess to them ! Lords come to buy some sugar , perhaps , but she had
not . indade – worse luck . " She looked almost pale and as if she were excited It
was really very puzzling , but he felt sure his about something . mamma would tell
...
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I think he ' ll come back to see whether scrutiny . we ' ve been helped by the
clocks or not . ” " I believe they don ' t need to be wound up , ” “ I think so , too , ”
said Frank ; “ and if he does , said Elizabeth . “ I think they ' ll keep on going I tell
you , I ...
I think he ' ll come back to see whether scrutiny . we ' ve been helped by the
clocks or not . ” " I believe they don ' t need to be wound up , ” “ I think so , too , ”
said Frank ; “ and if he does , said Elizabeth . “ I think they ' ll keep on going I tell
you , I ...
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You ' ll have to come again when he can as if they were always going to a fancy -
dress ball . catch one for you . " The man who took care of their horse and cow "
An ' why could n ' t I ketch it meself , an ' me had been seen in a Roman toga .
You ' ll have to come again when he can as if they were always going to a fancy -
dress ball . catch one for you . " The man who took care of their horse and cow "
An ' why could n ' t I ketch it meself , an ' me had been seen in a Roman toga .
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she cried . nose flattened against the window - pane : “ I wonMartha Washington '
s fat and jolly face was der why Thaddy does n ' t come back ? " gloomy with
prophecy . Aunt Doxy looked up in great alarm . “ Had “ Yo ' knows , for a fac ' ,
Miss ...
she cried . nose flattened against the window - pane : “ I wonMartha Washington '
s fat and jolly face was der why Thaddy does n ' t come back ? " gloomy with
prophecy . Aunt Doxy looked up in great alarm . “ Had “ Yo ' knows , for a fac ' ,
Miss ...
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| Title | St. Nicholas, Volume 13, Part 1 Volumes 591-599 of American periodical series, 1850-1900 |
| Contributor | Mary Mapes Dodge |
| Publisher | Scribner, 1886 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 24 Oct 2007 |
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