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... learning my letters all over again ; how tiresome that will be , and people will think me such a dunce ! I think - I am not sure- but I think I would almost rather never be a little girl again than that . ' She spoke cautiously , for ...
... learning my letters all over again ; how tiresome that will be , and people will think me such a dunce ! I think - I am not sure- but I think I would almost rather never be a little girl again than that . ' She spoke cautiously , for ...
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... learning to skip and run , and trying who could throw a drop of water the furthest . They were rougher than the Zephyrs . These never spoke above a whisper , unless they were in a passion , which they were sometimes , as other children ...
... learning to skip and run , and trying who could throw a drop of water the furthest . They were rougher than the Zephyrs . These never spoke above a whisper , unless they were in a passion , which they were sometimes , as other children ...
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... learning it . Do you know , Beauty , I must be good all the time . Seven times seven days would be time enough , but then if I only do one naughty act , I shall forget all I have previously learned . Each time I commit only the least ...
... learning it . Do you know , Beauty , I must be good all the time . Seven times seven days would be time enough , but then if I only do one naughty act , I shall forget all I have previously learned . Each time I commit only the least ...
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... simply and shortly explained . By the Author of " Always Happy . " Thirteenth Edition . Sixty Illustrations . 2s . 6d . cloth . 28 NEW AND INTERESTING WORKS The Ladder to Learning . PUBLISHED BY GRIFFITH AND FARRAN . 27.
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