The Dennes of Daundelyonn, Volume 1Smith, Elder, 1859 |
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... lady's maid in an emergency ; our nurse Morgan ; and last and least my respected self — a snub - nosed , conceited , observant atom , in a marvellously hideous frock , the wretched wreck of two elder atoms ' ward- robes . Subsequent ...
... lady's maid in an emergency ; our nurse Morgan ; and last and least my respected self — a snub - nosed , conceited , observant atom , in a marvellously hideous frock , the wretched wreck of two elder atoms ' ward- robes . Subsequent ...
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... ladies in lace caps and pink ribbons , who spoke very slowly and softly , as we fancied , accustomed as we were to the short , sharp chatter of Morgan and Michael and our other Welsh retainers . Still they were very kind to us , and ...
... ladies in lace caps and pink ribbons , who spoke very slowly and softly , as we fancied , accustomed as we were to the short , sharp chatter of Morgan and Michael and our other Welsh retainers . Still they were very kind to us , and ...
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... lady under eight years of age . I have no idea of how many days " fleeted by " at this period of my life in a kind of dreamy monotony . We were taken out every day for a few hours , and we had a few toys given to us , which , of course ...
... lady under eight years of age . I have no idea of how many days " fleeted by " at this period of my life in a kind of dreamy monotony . We were taken out every day for a few hours , and we had a few toys given to us , which , of course ...
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... ladies in pink cap - ribbons were inclined to think the dearest toys must be the best : a common , but silly idea . We thought none of them equal in attraction to our dear old , huge , time - worn box of battered bricks , which Michael ...
... ladies in pink cap - ribbons were inclined to think the dearest toys must be the best : a common , but silly idea . We thought none of them equal in attraction to our dear old , huge , time - worn box of battered bricks , which Michael ...
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... lady , the lady who had cried " Come in , " and who proved to be no other than our Aunt Barbara . She was of a small slight figure , with regular though rather sharp features . A quantity of jet black hair , very elaborately dressed in ...
... lady , the lady who had cried " Come in , " and who proved to be no other than our Aunt Barbara . She was of a small slight figure , with regular though rather sharp features . A quantity of jet black hair , very elaborately dressed in ...
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Page 9 - They say it was a shocking sight after the field was won; for many thousand bodies here lay rotting in the sun; but things like that, you know, must be after a famous victory. Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, and our good Prince Eugene. "Why, 'twas a very wicked thing!" said little Wilhelmine. "Nay... nay... my little girl," quoth he, "it was a famous victory.