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... wonderful , though she did not admire all my sea relics quite as much as I considered they deserved . Chief and foremost among all my curiosities was a piece of an old bottle , whose once sharp broken edges had been rubbed smooth by the ...
... wonderful , though she did not admire all my sea relics quite as much as I considered they deserved . Chief and foremost among all my curiosities was a piece of an old bottle , whose once sharp broken edges had been rubbed smooth by the ...
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... wonderful things you have told me of ! ' ' Ah ! ' said Uncle David , with a deep sigh that came from his very heart , ' you are not the first , my dear , that has wished that , and had their wish , and now the sea sighs its wild music ...
... wonderful things you have told me of ! ' ' Ah ! ' said Uncle David , with a deep sigh that came from his very heart , ' you are not the first , my dear , that has wished that , and had their wish , and now the sea sighs its wild music ...
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... , whose moustaches fell in slender points far below his waist . Underneath this remarkable work of art stood a tall , elegant glass of wonderfully transparent thinness , and with a delicate stem , interwoven seem- Loneliness . 67.
... , whose moustaches fell in slender points far below his waist . Underneath this remarkable work of art stood a tall , elegant glass of wonderfully transparent thinness , and with a delicate stem , interwoven seem- Loneliness . 67.
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... wonderful carvings , aunt , and the funny paintings , or make the china there ? ' ' Well , no , child , I can't say I did ; but I saw what were more wonderful , —I saw how the tea were 70 The Whispers of a Shell .
... wonderful carvings , aunt , and the funny paintings , or make the china there ? ' ' Well , no , child , I can't say I did ; but I saw what were more wonderful , —I saw how the tea were 70 The Whispers of a Shell .
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Frances Freeling Broderip. were more wonderful , —I saw how the tea were made there . Your uncle made friends with a Chinee tea- merchant as he had dealings with , and he took us all over his tea - making place . There were such a lot of ...
Frances Freeling Broderip. were more wonderful , —I saw how the tea were made there . Your uncle made friends with a Chinee tea- merchant as he had dealings with , and he took us all over his tea - making place . There were such a lot of ...
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