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... hear me ? If so , I am very sorry , and I ought not to have said so much . For when my dear mother died , who was— " As nice as you , mamma ? " " " A great deal better than I , " answered Mrs Casserly , " and a great deal better even ...
... hear me ? If so , I am very sorry , and I ought not to have said so much . For when my dear mother died , who was— " As nice as you , mamma ? " " " A great deal better than I , " answered Mrs Casserly , " and a great deal better even ...
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A Story of Girls which Boys May Read Jennett Humphreys. I let you hear things sometimes that you should not hear . But listen to me now , and always remember it . When my dear mother died , and her half - sister , my Aunt Carly , had to ...
A Story of Girls which Boys May Read Jennett Humphreys. I let you hear things sometimes that you should not hear . But listen to me now , and always remember it . When my dear mother died , and her half - sister , my Aunt Carly , had to ...
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... hear ) , because he is the Custos of his parish , or the sort of magistrate , or justice , who acts like a governor of his district , and sees to all the laws being kept properly ; and he is the owner of an immense sugar estate ...
... hear ) , because he is the Custos of his parish , or the sort of magistrate , or justice , who acts like a governor of his district , and sees to all the laws being kept properly ; and he is the owner of an immense sugar estate ...
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... hear Lee and Bee laugh , and to see them throw handfuls of amber maize - corns at Bocko , which struck his old head just as pea - shot would , and made him shake it till all had rattled off again on to the hard ground . " Oh , you ...
... hear Lee and Bee laugh , and to see them throw handfuls of amber maize - corns at Bocko , which struck his old head just as pea - shot would , and made him shake it till all had rattled off again on to the hard ground . " Oh , you ...
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... hear ? " went Bee then , " that's poetry still . " Bocko did not wait for explanation , or more of such fun— he only grinned . But he fastened Spot's nosegays , Matteo fastened Tot's nosegays , and then , as the horses were ready for ...
... hear ? " went Bee then , " that's poetry still . " Bocko did not wait for explanation , or more of such fun— he only grinned . But he fastened Spot's nosegays , Matteo fastened Tot's nosegays , and then , as the horses were ready for ...
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