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... wish to frighten Kate . ) " I feel sure when you are a few years older you will not think so ; but just look how beautifully the sun shines on the plumage of that white pigeon on the roof ; how kind of him to perch himself exactly where ...
... wish to frighten Kate . ) " I feel sure when you are a few years older you will not think so ; but just look how beautifully the sun shines on the plumage of that white pigeon on the roof ; how kind of him to perch himself exactly where ...
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... sounds had sunk into a hum , and all nature was in repose . The very roses seemed to have kept back their best sweetness to give to the soft evening breeze " Please , sir , Long John wishes to see CHAPTER IX SUPERSTITION.
... sounds had sunk into a hum , and all nature was in repose . The very roses seemed to have kept back their best sweetness to give to the soft evening breeze " Please , sir , Long John wishes to see CHAPTER IX SUPERSTITION.
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Mary Charlotte Phillpotts. " Please , sir , Long John wishes to see you , " said Susan , the parlour maid . Mr Elwyn sighed ; it seemed hard to be called away from the delicious repose of his garden after his hard day's work , but he ...
Mary Charlotte Phillpotts. " Please , sir , Long John wishes to see you , " said Susan , the parlour maid . Mr Elwyn sighed ; it seemed hard to be called away from the delicious repose of his garden after his hard day's work , but he ...
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... wish I could make you see how foolish and wrong all this sort of thing is . In the first place , because your husband heard the bells jingling last evening , and has sometimes been startled by the hooting of the owls , do you think that ...
... wish I could make you see how foolish and wrong all this sort of thing is . In the first place , because your husband heard the bells jingling last evening , and has sometimes been startled by the hooting of the owls , do you think that ...
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... wishes to conceal his share in the business , " said Mr Elwyn ; " but I hope that when it is known in the village that poor John is really ill from his fright , the owner will have the honesty to claim it ; there is a small square patch ...
... wishes to conceal his share in the business , " said Mr Elwyn ; " but I hope that when it is known in the village that poor John is really ill from his fright , the owner will have the honesty to claim it ; there is a small square patch ...
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