The Early Dawn: Or, Stories to Think About. By a Country Clergyman |
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... wrong . " " Oh ! but , papa , that is all in the play . " " Well , I dare say it is ; but it is also trouble . You cannot leave your game , and lose a quarter of an hour in B getting your string , without trouble . Sometimes , too.
... wrong . " " Oh ! but , papa , that is all in the play . " " Well , I dare say it is ; but it is also trouble . You cannot leave your game , and lose a quarter of an hour in B getting your string , without trouble . Sometimes , too.
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... hour . The ground was very damp , as it always is at this time of the year , but the sun was so bright and warm , and the day so fine , that he did not think of it . When he got up he felt rather stiff , very chilled , and shivery ; but ...
... hour . The ground was very damp , as it always is at this time of the year , but the sun was so bright and warm , and the day so fine , that he did not think of it . When he got up he felt rather stiff , very chilled , and shivery ; but ...
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... , set off in an hour afterwards for Wapping . He soon found the house . It was small , but very clean and tidy - looking , and in the parlour window , in a bright red pot , was the very flower 30 I SHOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT IT .
... , set off in an hour afterwards for Wapping . He soon found the house . It was small , but very clean and tidy - looking , and in the parlour window , in a bright red pot , was the very flower 30 I SHOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT IT .
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... hours absent , and did not return till the evening . A thunder - storm in the country is always an object of great interest , and to young minds has in it something very awful and mysterious . I therefore fully expected to be ...
... hours absent , and did not return till the evening . A thunder - storm in the country is always an object of great interest , and to young minds has in it something very awful and mysterious . I therefore fully expected to be ...
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... hour , from the bright- est razors down to a tiny silver something that I can scarcely conceive a use for . " I suppose I could make a box , if any one would first make me the tools , which might hold my dressing com- forts - but it ...
... hour , from the bright- est razors down to a tiny silver something that I can scarcely conceive a use for . " I suppose I could make a box , if any one would first make me the tools , which might hold my dressing com- forts - but it ...
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