The Dennes of Daundelyonn, Volume 1Smith, Elder, 1859 |
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... told her , or she told him , or if they told us , or if they told one another for our information - probably the latter ; but somehow or other they contrived gradually to convey to our minds the idea that our father - our kind , gallant ...
... told her , or she told him , or if they told us , or if they told one another for our information - probably the latter ; but somehow or other they contrived gradually to convey to our minds the idea that our father - our kind , gallant ...
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... told him about speaking to strangers in the street . " My young heart was at once thrown back upon itself , and I wondered what I could have done that he should not have been permitted to speak to me . It was my first lesson in the ...
... told him about speaking to strangers in the street . " My young heart was at once thrown back upon itself , and I wondered what I could have done that he should not have been permitted to speak to me . It was my first lesson in the ...
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... told to be very good and quiet , for we were to be taken to see mamma . Taken to see mamma : the very words para- lyzed us all ! Good and quiet : poor , little , trembling things , we were silent , with a vague and dreamy appre- hension ...
... told to be very good and quiet , for we were to be taken to see mamma . Taken to see mamma : the very words para- lyzed us all ! Good and quiet : poor , little , trembling things , we were silent , with a vague and dreamy appre- hension ...
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... told us . Full well , however , I recollect how , with the utmost gentleness and kindness , she made us understand that we were doubly orphaned ; that our poor mother had sunk under a violent attack of brain fever , from 46 THE DENNES ...
... told us . Full well , however , I recollect how , with the utmost gentleness and kindness , she made us understand that we were doubly orphaned ; that our poor mother had sunk under a violent attack of brain fever , from 46 THE DENNES ...
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... told us . This " hopping " was to begin next week , and he had a good many arrangements to make . I was rather astonished to hear him say so , for I fancied that he really meant that he had to hop , and was lost in conjectures as to the ...
... told us . This " hopping " was to begin next week , and he had a good many arrangements to make . I was rather astonished to hear him say so , for I fancied that he really meant that he had to hop , and was lost in conjectures as to the ...
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