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lady Mary Anne Broome. liked to have gone back once more to Miss Pringle's , but mamma says if I am clever enough to write prize essays I need not return to school . Of course I am glad to remain at home for some reasons , but I shall ...
lady Mary Anne Broome. liked to have gone back once more to Miss Pringle's , but mamma says if I am clever enough to write prize essays I need not return to school . Of course I am glad to remain at home for some reasons , but I shall ...
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... once , and after all that is the highest praise you can give to any room in any house . No doubt , of a fine day , the view over the Park to the distant hills was a lovely one ; but my first outlook only showed me driving rain , bending ...
... once , and after all that is the highest praise you can give to any room in any house . No doubt , of a fine day , the view over the Park to the distant hills was a lovely one ; but my first outlook only showed me driving rain , bending ...
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... once , so I came back to the sofa on the large , though somewhat faded , Turkish rug before the blazing hearth . Mrs. Ramsay was standing with one foot on a quaint brass fender which shone like gold , and I felt sure , little as I had ...
... once , so I came back to the sofa on the large , though somewhat faded , Turkish rug before the blazing hearth . Mrs. Ramsay was standing with one foot on a quaint brass fender which shone like gold , and I felt sure , little as I had ...
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... once or twice ? " " Yes , dear , the very same ; he is really only a distant cousin , but both he and Helen have so very few relations on either side , that they always would have it they were quite near , instead of being truly very ...
... once or twice ? " " Yes , dear , the very same ; he is really only a distant cousin , but both he and Helen have so very few relations on either side , that they always would have it they were quite near , instead of being truly very ...
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... once , " What a thing it is , Miss , that mis- tress do keep up so hearty . One would ha ' thought she'd ha ' clean broke her heart over losing of Miss Helen , but she do seem to ha ' taken a new lease of her life and looks . " Mr ...
... once , " What a thing it is , Miss , that mis- tress do keep up so hearty . One would ha ' thought she'd ha ' clean broke her heart over losing of Miss Helen , but she do seem to ha ' taken a new lease of her life and looks . " Mr ...
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