The Writings of Mark Twain, Volume 14Harper & brothers, 1899 |
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... mother - heart was touched , and she was ashamed . " No , dolling , mammy ain't gwine to treat you So. De angels is gwine to ' mire you jist as much as dey does yo ' mammy . Ain't gwine to have ' em putt'n ' dey han's up ' fo ' dey eyes ...
... mother - heart was touched , and she was ashamed . " No , dolling , mammy ain't gwine to treat you So. De angels is gwine to ' mire you jist as much as dey does yo ' mammy . Ain't gwine to have ' em putt'n ' dey han's up ' fo ' dey eyes ...
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... mother . She was this toward her child and she was also more than this ; by the fiction created by herself , he was become her master ; the necessity of recognizing this relation outwardly and of perfecting herself in the forms required ...
... mother . She was this toward her child and she was also more than this ; by the fiction created by herself , he was become her master ; the necessity of recognizing this relation outwardly and of perfecting herself in the forms required ...
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... mother soon followed him , and we were alone in the world . Our parents could have made themselves comfortable by exhibiting us as a show , and they had many and large offers ; but the thought revolted their pride , and they said they ...
... mother soon followed him , and we were alone in the world . Our parents could have made themselves comfortable by exhibiting us as a show , and they had many and large offers ; but the thought revolted their pride , and they said they ...
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... mother or daughter . Eager inquiries concerning the twins were pouring into their enchanted ears all the time ; each was the constant center of a group of breath- less listeners ; each recognized that she knew now for the first time the ...
... mother or daughter . Eager inquiries concerning the twins were pouring into their enchanted ears all the time ; each was the constant center of a group of breath- less listeners ; each recognized that she knew now for the first time the ...
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... mother tell he was fifteen years old , or wusn't I ? -you answer me dat . En you speck I could see him turned out po ' en crnery on de worl ' en never care noth'n ' ' bout it ? I reckon if you'd ever be'n a mother yo'self , Valet de ...
... mother tell he was fifteen years old , or wusn't I ? -you answer me dat . En you speck I could see him turned out po ' en crnery on de worl ' en never care noth'n ' ' bout it ? I reckon if you'd ever be'n a mother yo'self , Valet de ...
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