Who are the happy ones? or, Home sketches. By the author of 'Quiet thughts for quiet hours'.1875 |
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... mama says so . " " Of course she says so , if you have asked her . You are very unkind and selfish , Percy , and grandmama only makes you worse . You know how much I wish to go the other way to - day . " " Well , it's all settled now ...
... mama says so . " " Of course she says so , if you have asked her . You are very unkind and selfish , Percy , and grandmama only makes you worse . You know how much I wish to go the other way to - day . " " Well , it's all settled now ...
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... mama will object . I wonder when she will come in . How foolishly I have been fretting the last few days ; it was very wrong . I wish I could lay it to the account of my sickness , but I can- not . It is just discontent , setting up my ...
... mama will object . I wonder when she will come in . How foolishly I have been fretting the last few days ; it was very wrong . I wish I could lay it to the account of my sickness , but I can- not . It is just discontent , setting up my ...
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... mama would like it , too . If you will be so kind as to repeat it again , I will write it down . " Miss Wilson did so , and Ellen put the little scrap into her portfolio . There were several drawings lying on the table , and as Minnie ...
... mama would like it , too . If you will be so kind as to repeat it again , I will write it down . " Miss Wilson did so , and Ellen put the little scrap into her portfolio . There were several drawings lying on the table , and as Minnie ...
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... mama says it is the willing mind that makes a gift valuable , and not the amount given . " " I am sure mama is right , dear ; we all know the story of the widow's mite , and what was true then is true now . " E " It was at Miss Marsh's ...
... mama says it is the willing mind that makes a gift valuable , and not the amount given . " " I am sure mama is right , dear ; we all know the story of the widow's mite , and what was true then is true now . " E " It was at Miss Marsh's ...
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... mama they should . How we shall like it , shan't we , Ellen ? " " But now , my dears , your time is up , and mama will be expecting you . To - morrow , at cleven o'clock , I shall look for you with your French exercises nicely done ...
... mama they should . How we shall like it , shan't we , Ellen ? " " But now , my dears , your time is up , and mama will be expecting you . To - morrow , at cleven o'clock , I shall look for you with your French exercises nicely done ...
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