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... returned her elder sister , snappishly , " what do you know about lessons ? for my part , I wish there were no such things in the world . " " Shall we ask her majesty to abolish them altogether ? " enquired Charles gravely , as he ...
... returned her elder sister , snappishly , " what do you know about lessons ? for my part , I wish there were no such things in the world . " " Shall we ask her majesty to abolish them altogether ? " enquired Charles gravely , as he ...
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... returned Charles , interpreting the question , and speaking rather doubtfully . " I should not quite like to be a gamekeeper's son , and have to dig potatoes . I don't know either , " added he , " it might be capital fun when I grew a ...
... returned Charles , interpreting the question , and speaking rather doubtfully . " I should not quite like to be a gamekeeper's son , and have to dig potatoes . I don't know either , " added he , " it might be capital fun when I grew a ...
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... , lowering her voice . " You forget , " returned Miss Montague , " that little people can often do very great things ; and if you conquer your faults while you are young you may become as THE FAIRY DISCONTENT IN THE SCHOOL - ROOM . 5.
... , lowering her voice . " You forget , " returned Miss Montague , " that little people can often do very great things ; and if you conquer your faults while you are young you may become as THE FAIRY DISCONTENT IN THE SCHOOL - ROOM . 5.
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... returned Miss Montague , whose patience was by this time nearly exhausted . " I won't say mine , " said Charles sullenly ; " nobody shall make me say dates on a Tuesday . " " It is really much too bad of you , Miss Montague ...
... returned Miss Montague , whose patience was by this time nearly exhausted . " I won't say mine , " said Charles sullenly ; " nobody shall make me say dates on a Tuesday . " " It is really much too bad of you , Miss Montague ...
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... , and purling brooks , and all the pretty things poets tell us of , " said Sir Harry , smiling . 66 They are all very well in a picture , but quite different in nature , " returned Miss Adeliza , pulling to THE WISH GRATIFIED . 23.
... , and purling brooks , and all the pretty things poets tell us of , " said Sir Harry , smiling . 66 They are all very well in a picture , but quite different in nature , " returned Miss Adeliza , pulling to THE WISH GRATIFIED . 23.
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