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... keep wishing myself first in one century and then in another , I think ' Yes . And only imagine , ' said Sydney , ' how Queen Elizabeth would open her eyes when you told her about railways , and the penny post , and balloons , and photo ...
... keep wishing myself first in one century and then in another , I think ' Yes . And only imagine , ' said Sydney , ' how Queen Elizabeth would open her eyes when you told her about railways , and the penny post , and balloons , and photo ...
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... keep from bursting into tears . " " Oh , indeed ! Are you in the habit of following Mr. Atherley's hounds all by yourself ? ” " No , sir ; Shad is taking me and Oliver . We have only been once before . " And as I spoke , I saw , to my ...
... keep from bursting into tears . " " Oh , indeed ! Are you in the habit of following Mr. Atherley's hounds all by yourself ? ” " No , sir ; Shad is taking me and Oliver . We have only been once before . " And as I spoke , I saw , to my ...
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... keeping her in order much longer , you know . It will be somebody else's business to scold her soon . " ' Somebody else ! What could he mean ? I dared not ask , for he had not spoken to me ; so I could only glance curiously , first at ...
... keeping her in order much longer , you know . It will be somebody else's business to scold her soon . " ' Somebody else ! What could he mean ? I dared not ask , for he had not spoken to me ; so I could only glance curiously , first at ...
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... keep the tears out of my eyes this time , it was such a terrible disappointment . I looked ruefully at Sir Harry , with a faint hope that he might remon- strate on my behalf , as he had done before . But no : he evidently did not mean ...
... keep the tears out of my eyes this time , it was such a terrible disappointment . I looked ruefully at Sir Harry , with a faint hope that he might remon- strate on my behalf , as he had done before . But no : he evidently did not mean ...
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... keep my conjectures to myself till I could be alone with mamma . She might perhaps tell me something , if there was anything to tell . I saw nothing of her , however , till dinner , which was in the middle of the day , not at eight o ...
... keep my conjectures to myself till I could be alone with mamma . She might perhaps tell me something , if there was anything to tell . I saw nothing of her , however , till dinner , which was in the middle of the day , not at eight o ...
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