Sunny Days, Or: A Month at the Great Stowe |
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... wonder . I am ashamed to say she generally has to wait for us . She and mamma had packed such a hamper of things for us to take - tea and sugar , and cold cream and cocoa , and marmalade and mustard , and biscuits , and soap and candles ...
... wonder . I am ashamed to say she generally has to wait for us . She and mamma had packed such a hamper of things for us to take - tea and sugar , and cold cream and cocoa , and marmalade and mustard , and biscuits , and soap and candles ...
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... wonder how it is that the tongue is the only part of the body that never gets tired . It's curious , isn't it ? We kept in a row as much as possible , that we might hear all we could from Aunt Gommie and Syd about our country house ...
... wonder how it is that the tongue is the only part of the body that never gets tired . It's curious , isn't it ? We kept in a row as much as possible , that we might hear all we could from Aunt Gommie and Syd about our country house ...
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... wonder if there ever was a girl with four brothers who did not let it slip out now and then . Even little Annie says , How dolly ! ' ) Well , the Great Stowe , as the farm was called , was a king of farm - houses , then . Some said it ...
... wonder if there ever was a girl with four brothers who did not let it slip out now and then . Even little Annie says , How dolly ! ' ) Well , the Great Stowe , as the farm was called , was a king of farm - houses , then . Some said it ...
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... wonder ? ) , and low broad window - seats , and lat- ticed windows , held open with an iron hook , and , best of all , great bunches of ripe red cherries coming in at them . The whole front of the house was covered with large cherry ...
... wonder ? ) , and low broad window - seats , and lat- ticed windows , held open with an iron hook , and , best of all , great bunches of ripe red cherries coming in at them . The whole front of the house was covered with large cherry ...
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... wonder . It was too much for her , the idea of going to bed in the sea . Well , we had to go to bed all the same at our usual time that night , for Aunt Gommie would not listen to our talk about being excited ; she said sleep would cure ...
... wonder . It was too much for her , the idea of going to bed in the sea . Well , we had to go to bed all the same at our usual time that night , for Aunt Gommie would not listen to our talk about being excited ; she said sleep would cure ...
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