Cornertown Chronicles: New Legends of Old Lore. [With Illustrations.]Griffith and Farran, 1880 - 256 pages |
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... cottages you looked across the meadows which sloped down the hill on which Cornertown was built . But this street , though it was a pleasant , straggling street enough , was not thought genteel -and the inhabitants of Cornertown were ...
... cottages you looked across the meadows which sloped down the hill on which Cornertown was built . But this street , though it was a pleasant , straggling street enough , was not thought genteel -and the inhabitants of Cornertown were ...
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... cottages were as genteel as the fronts , I cannot say , and we need not enter on that subject at present . All the houses in Wood Street had little gardens at the back , but these little gardens were not generally patronized - at least ...
... cottages were as genteel as the fronts , I cannot say , and we need not enter on that subject at present . All the houses in Wood Street had little gardens at the back , but these little gardens were not generally patronized - at least ...
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... cottages all down one side of Meadow Street , and vast were the discoveries she made in the study above mentioned , and all with- out holding any communication with the inhabi- tants . But Netta's eyes were so clear that they needed ...
... cottages all down one side of Meadow Street , and vast were the discoveries she made in the study above mentioned , and all with- out holding any communication with the inhabi- tants . But Netta's eyes were so clear that they needed ...
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... cottages side by side ; one had white , the other red roses growing over the walls . You lived in the one with red roses . " " And you , with your uncle and aunt , and your cousin Fiddy in the other , " said granny . " Your uncle wanted ...
... cottages side by side ; one had white , the other red roses growing over the walls . You lived in the one with red roses . " " And you , with your uncle and aunt , and your cousin Fiddy in the other , " said granny . " Your uncle wanted ...
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... cottage which had the white roses , and I thought so too , for I loved him dearly ; but no , he liked my friend best , so on her wedding - day I laid the Wonder Flower amongst my wedding - clothes in a drawer , and 42 CORNERTOWN ...
... cottage which had the white roses , and I thought so too , for I loved him dearly ; but no , he liked my friend best , so on her wedding - day I laid the Wonder Flower amongst my wedding - clothes in a drawer , and 42 CORNERTOWN ...
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