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... called a ' summer - house . ' That it truly was , for it was hotter than any other place in the morning , when the sun poured down upon it ; but in the afternoons it got a little bit of shade from the wall , and there we used to sit ...
... called a ' summer - house . ' That it truly was , for it was hotter than any other place in the morning , when the sun poured down upon it ; but in the afternoons it got a little bit of shade from the wall , and there we used to sit ...
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... I say , could not be at all self - possessed . I was too excited to think of being so . Syd and I settled to carry the um- brellas and what we called the ' plate - basket ' between us . He had a very clever way , CHAPTER III GONE!
... I say , could not be at all self - possessed . I was too excited to think of being so . Syd and I settled to carry the um- brellas and what we called the ' plate - basket ' between us . He had a very clever way , CHAPTER III GONE!
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... called out , I say , Laura , that's a good one ! ' and jerked it back again . However , I did not mind , being much too joyful to care , if I had had twice the weight . But we played at jerking once too often . " Oh , the walk over that ...
... called out , I say , Laura , that's a good one ! ' and jerked it back again . However , I did not mind , being much too joyful to care , if I had had twice the weight . But we played at jerking once too often . " Oh , the walk over that ...
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... called , was a king of farm - houses , then . Some said it had been a house used by the old monks many , many years ago , and , indeed , it might have been , by its ancient look . There was a large old- fashioned porch , built of ...
... called , was a king of farm - houses , then . Some said it had been a house used by the old monks many , many years ago , and , indeed , it might have been , by its ancient look . There was a large old- fashioned porch , built of ...
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... called the Great Stowe . The old woman showed us a cupboard , high up over the kitchen door , one day , which we should never have found out , and Aunt Gommie believes it was built to hide a man in , and she made up such a wonderful ...
... called the Great Stowe . The old woman showed us a cupboard , high up over the kitchen door , one day , which we should never have found out , and Aunt Gommie believes it was built to hide a man in , and she made up such a wonderful ...
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Adventures asked Aunt Gommie Aunt Gommie says Author BARBARA HUTTON basket Bessie Beverley Blanche Brown calf called chignon Children climb cloaks cloth elegant cockchafers coloured cried Syd cupboard darling papa dear delightful dinner Dollabella door Engravings Fairy fancy farm-yard Fcap flowers Fourth Edition frightened Frontispiece GILBERT gilt edges Goat's Tor Gommie's happy HARRISON WEIR heard hedge History HOOD horrid Joan JOHN TIMBS jump kitchen knew LADY laughing Lessons look Lord Falconer lovely Mabel milk moor morning never Newfoundland Dog nurse ourselves papa and mamma Phiz plain Post 8vo Price 6d Rose round Roundheads Royal 16mo scramble screamed Second Edition sewed Small 4to Stories Stowe Super-royal 16mo Syd's tell thing Third Edition THOMAS DARNELL THOMAS HOOD thought Tita's Tom HOOD took tree WALTER CRANE waterfall whispered wonder wood Young
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