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... deal left to herself , had got into a habit of talking aloud to her- self , —a habit which , as she grows older , she will find very inconvenient , and which will make people stare a good deal , unless she corrects herself of it . She ...
... deal left to herself , had got into a habit of talking aloud to her- self , —a habit which , as she grows older , she will find very inconvenient , and which will make people stare a good deal , unless she corrects herself of it . She ...
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... deal too , she could set to work and con- centrate her mind very quickly . She didn't bite the top of her pen or draw pictures of schoolmistresses with birch rods , and naughty children with impossible legs and arms , or cabs with the ...
... deal too , she could set to work and con- centrate her mind very quickly . She didn't bite the top of her pen or draw pictures of schoolmistresses with birch rods , and naughty children with impossible legs and arms , or cabs with the ...
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... deal hurt by the fall . They sent for Grandpa , and he set them to work directly , and they dug out that room that you see now , and found the stone floor- ing in it all quite good , and a lot of rusty old arms in it . They suppose that ...
... deal hurt by the fall . They sent for Grandpa , and he set them to work directly , and they dug out that room that you see now , and found the stone floor- ing in it all quite good , and a lot of rusty old arms in it . They suppose that ...
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... deal if he did ! ' " A great deal ! ' Kathleen said curiously . ' What could he find ? ' ' The old Desmond plate , ' Stella answered , lowering her voice . ' There's a story that when the castle was besieged by Cromwell's soldiers , all ...
... deal if he did ! ' " A great deal ! ' Kathleen said curiously . ' What could he find ? ' ' The old Desmond plate , ' Stella answered , lowering her voice . ' There's a story that when the castle was besieged by Cromwell's soldiers , all ...
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... deal , they could not in reality be any great distance from Desborough . ' Now , Katie dear , let's summon all our courage and be very energetic , and not lose heart , ' Stella said encou- ragingly ; ' you know that's the right thing ...
... deal , they could not in reality be any great distance from Desborough . ' Now , Katie dear , let's summon all our courage and be very energetic , and not lose heart , ' Stella said encou- ragingly ; ' you know that's the right thing ...
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