'Bunchy'; or, The children of Scarsbrook farm |
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... lessons and go all over the farm with him , looking at the different work that's going on , and watching the labourers . And father never sends me away . Aunt Agatha's my governess , and I have five good hours a day lessons with her ...
... lessons and go all over the farm with him , looking at the different work that's going on , and watching the labourers . And father never sends me away . Aunt Agatha's my governess , and I have five good hours a day lessons with her ...
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... we started . Father rode his beautiful mare Topsy . She stepped so gracefully , that it was quite a lesson for Bruce to trot and canter beside her . Neptune came too . I seldom walked or rode without my dog , and he Our New Cow . 29.
... we started . Father rode his beautiful mare Topsy . She stepped so gracefully , that it was quite a lesson for Bruce to trot and canter beside her . Neptune came too . I seldom walked or rode without my dog , and he Our New Cow . 29.
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... lessons take up so much of her time . How often I wish they took up less ! Aunt Sue and Aunt Lou are the principal visitors to the poor , because Aunt Anne has the house and Aunt Agatha the lessons to look after . But this afternoon the ...
... lessons take up so much of her time . How often I wish they took up less ! Aunt Sue and Aunt Lou are the principal visitors to the poor , because Aunt Anne has the house and Aunt Agatha the lessons to look after . But this afternoon the ...
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... lesson quickly . Aunt Anne says it is such an ugly habit for a girl of nearly thirteen . I dare say it is , but somehow or other I can't break myself of it . Mother does not know of this fault of mine , because all the chairs in her ...
... lesson quickly . Aunt Anne says it is such an ugly habit for a girl of nearly thirteen . I dare say it is , but somehow or other I can't break myself of it . Mother does not know of this fault of mine , because all the chairs in her ...
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... lesson ; try to practise little acts of self - denial now , so that when you are older they may come natural to you . " Should you be ever called upon , my child , to suffer as I have suffered , which God grant may never be the case ...
... lesson ; try to practise little acts of self - denial now , so that when you are older they may come natural to you . " Should you be ever called upon , my child , to suffer as I have suffered , which God grant may never be the case ...
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