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... to - morrow , or longing to be anybody but her- self , or imagining impossible pleasures . Her father called her his little Amy of the Golden Dreams , while nurse gave her the homelier , but perhaps truer , 2 AMY'S WISH .
... to - morrow , or longing to be anybody but her- self , or imagining impossible pleasures . Her father called her his little Amy of the Golden Dreams , while nurse gave her the homelier , but perhaps truer , 2 AMY'S WISH .
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Mrs. George Tylee. nurse gave her the homelier , but perhaps truer , title of Miss Scatter Brains . For ever she would be jump- ing up from her lessons , ' just to see what that noise was ; ' or ' who it could be that papa was speaking ...
Mrs. George Tylee. nurse gave her the homelier , but perhaps truer , title of Miss Scatter Brains . For ever she would be jump- ing up from her lessons , ' just to see what that noise was ; ' or ' who it could be that papa was speaking ...
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... perhaps . Besides , unless you conquer this habit , you will by degrees acquire a discontented spirit , and then you will be really unhappy . ' " Nurse , you will not have to call me Miss Scatter Brains much longer , ' said Amy that ...
... perhaps . Besides , unless you conquer this habit , you will by degrees acquire a discontented spirit , and then you will be really unhappy . ' " Nurse , you will not have to call me Miss Scatter Brains much longer , ' said Amy that ...
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... perhaps happen to - morrow . ' ' Then I shall call you Miss Sticking Plaster , ' shouted out Hubert from his bed in the next room . Amy answered this sally of her brother's by rushing to the door and flinging her shoe at him , while he ...
... perhaps happen to - morrow . ' ' Then I shall call you Miss Sticking Plaster , ' shouted out Hubert from his bed in the next room . Amy answered this sally of her brother's by rushing to the door and flinging her shoe at him , while he ...
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... Perhaps they were , ' said the hornet ; ' to my mind they are rather wise . I have heard it said that their wings are made in Fairy - land , on pur- pose to give pleasure by their beauty . One day , when I was near the gates of Fairy ...
... Perhaps they were , ' said the hornet ; ' to my mind they are rather wise . I have heard it said that their wings are made in Fairy - land , on pur- pose to give pleasure by their beauty . One day , when I was near the gates of Fairy ...
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ABSOLON Adventures Amy felt Amy's Apollo BARBARA HUTTON basket bird butterfly child Clara cloth elegant coloured companion creature danced dear delicious dressed Ellise Engravings exclaimed eyes Fairy Queen Fairyland fancy Fcap fear flowers forget Fourth Edition Frontispiece garden gates gentle gilt edges Hall of Light hand happy HARRISON WEIR head heard History Hubert Illustrations JOHN TIMBS kissing Lady Fritillary laughing leaf Lessons Lily Fay little fairies little girl lovely maids of honour mamma Miss Amy morocco mother naughty never nosegay nurse papa plain Poor Beauty Post 8vo pretty Price 6d rainbow replied Sylphina Royal 16mo Second Edition sing sister song sorry stars stop Stories suddenly Super-royal 16mo sweet tear tell thee there's Third Edition THOMAS DARNELL THOMAS HOOD thou thought toad TOM HOOD tone tree Trolls Venus voice whisper wings wish wonder young
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