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... cried Christie , ' your grammar is getting perfectly wild . ' ' Pooh ! Bother grammar . Because Christie happens to be twelve , she is always setting - up to be as clever as Miss Gregory . As if one could worry one's self about grammar ...
... cried Christie , ' your grammar is getting perfectly wild . ' ' Pooh ! Bother grammar . Because Christie happens to be twelve , she is always setting - up to be as clever as Miss Gregory . As if one could worry one's self about grammar ...
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... cried both children at once ; ' how de- lightful ! Will you really ? But what do you mean ? How can she , in her own words ? ' ' Never mind , ' quoth Uncle Algernon , nodding signifi- cantly . As I said before , she is a very old friend ...
... cried both children at once ; ' how de- lightful ! Will you really ? But what do you mean ? How can she , in her own words ? ' ' Never mind , ' quoth Uncle Algernon , nodding signifi- cantly . As I said before , she is a very old friend ...
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... cried Silvia , jumping upon her uncle's knee and putting both hands on his shoulders , while she gazed into his eyes to see if he were laughing or not . ' Are you in fun , Uncle Algernon ? ' said Robin , looking doubtfully from his ...
... cried Silvia , jumping upon her uncle's knee and putting both hands on his shoulders , while she gazed into his eyes to see if he were laughing or not . ' Are you in fun , Uncle Algernon ? ' said Robin , looking doubtfully from his ...
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... cried , or have taken the pains to chase Roger round the room for a kiss . My brothers were all younger than myself . Oliver came next to me . Poor Oliver , how fond I was of him ! But so indeed I was of Miles and Roger . The same tutor ...
... cried , or have taken the pains to chase Roger round the room for a kiss . My brothers were all younger than myself . Oliver came next to me . Poor Oliver , how fond I was of him ! But so indeed I was of Miles and Roger . The same tutor ...
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... cried eagerly , " it was not Shad's fault at all . He called to us the whole way not to gallop ; but we wouldn't stop , because we wanted to run races . " " Faith but she's a spirited little damsel , " said my father's companion ...
... cried eagerly , " it was not Shad's fault at all . He called to us the whole way not to gallop ; but we wouldn't stop , because we wanted to run races . " " Faith but she's a spirited little damsel , " said my father's companion ...
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Agnes answer asked Aubert Beatrice Bessie Bessie's boys brother cloth Colonel Dare coloured Countess of Desmond Court cried dear door Duke of Mon Duke of Monmouth Earl of Desmond eyes face Father Niccolo Fcap fear feel felt Fortescue gilt edges girls glance hand HARRISON WEIR head hear heard heart Hebe Henrietta Horsemandown Illustrations Judge Jeffreys King knew Lady Dalrymple Lady Greensleeves Lady Sarah laugh looked Lord Desmond Madame St mamma Master Noakes matter mind Mistress Frances morning never nurse Oliver Oliver's Pauline perhaps plain poor Post 8vo Power Queen remember replied Robin Royal 16mo Second Edition seemed Shad silence Silvia Sir Bernard Sir Harry Mountfort smile speak story Super-royal 16mo suppose sure talking Taunton tell things THOMAS DARNELL thought told tone Uncle Algernon voice WEIR whispered wife wish words
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