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... getting to the captain says we are to land . night , and Cecil cried a little after tea to go back to mamma , but Freeman made us up a bed on the seats with cloaks and rugs , and took him in her arms , and we all went to sleep and never ...
... getting to the captain says we are to land . night , and Cecil cried a little after tea to go back to mamma , but Freeman made us up a bed on the seats with cloaks and rugs , and took him in her arms , and we all went to sleep and never ...
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... getting on shore , if ye'll please to step on to the pier with all the bairns . " He spoke in a high - pitched querulous voice , as if half complaining of the duty imposed on him , and yet with a certain air of authority that even ...
... getting on shore , if ye'll please to step on to the pier with all the bairns . " He spoke in a high - pitched querulous voice , as if half complaining of the duty imposed on him , and yet with a certain air of authority that even ...
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... getting ready Mrs. Campbell seemed to have a thousand questions to ask Craigmore as to the health of his family , the prospects of his farm --she even referred to him a knotty point in dispute between herself and her head ostler , and ...
... getting ready Mrs. Campbell seemed to have a thousand questions to ask Craigmore as to the health of his family , the prospects of his farm --she even referred to him a knotty point in dispute between herself and her head ostler , and ...
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... though , for they say the potatoes will soon be getting scarce . But since they like this porridge so much that Nanny made them this morning , they may as well keep to that for their breakfasts 56 Home Life in the Highlands .
... though , for they say the potatoes will soon be getting scarce . But since they like this porridge so much that Nanny made them this morning , they may as well keep to that for their breakfasts 56 Home Life in the Highlands .
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... getting distiller's yeast from Ballintrae , for brewers there were none — and this also turned out badly ; but at last , in course of time , she learnt to make her own yeast , and ever after the baking business proceeded satisfactorily ...
... getting distiller's yeast from Ballintrae , for brewers there were none — and this also turned out badly ; but at last , in course of time , she learnt to make her own yeast , and ever after the baking business proceeded satisfactorily ...
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