Daisy Snowflake's Secret. A Story of English Home LifeLondon, 1882 |
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... gather week by week in their " Mothers ' Meetings , " while at the same time I could wish that it might be read aloud to thought- ful girls at home or at school , who have yet to realize , it may be , how large their influence.
... gather week by week in their " Mothers ' Meetings , " while at the same time I could wish that it might be read aloud to thought- ful girls at home or at school , who have yet to realize , it may be , how large their influence.
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... never , never laugh at a funeral ! It might be somebody's mother they were taking to be buried ! " Who but a motherless girl could have said this ? Linda's mood instantly changed . She looked upon her cousin 4 Daisy Snowflake's Secret .
... never , never laugh at a funeral ! It might be somebody's mother they were taking to be buried ! " Who but a motherless girl could have said this ? Linda's mood instantly changed . She looked upon her cousin 4 Daisy Snowflake's Secret .
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... girl who was evidently only some few months younger than herself . And this was the cause of the tearful beseeching . The two girls , who had been amusing themselves in the very pretty garden of Dovedale Rectory until five minutes ago ...
... girl who was evidently only some few months younger than herself . And this was the cause of the tearful beseeching . The two girls , who had been amusing themselves in the very pretty garden of Dovedale Rectory until five minutes ago ...
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... never , never laugh at a funeral ! It might be somebody's mother they were taking to be buried ! " Who but a motherless girl could have said this ? Linda's mood instantly changed . She looked upon her cousin 4 Daisy Snowflake's Secret .
... never , never laugh at a funeral ! It might be somebody's mother they were taking to be buried ! " Who but a motherless girl could have said this ? Linda's mood instantly changed . She looked upon her cousin 4 Daisy Snowflake's Secret .
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... girl could honour and love ? In the early married days could any one have been more considerate , more kind , more tender ? And would he not be just as loving , true , and kind to - day but for the master passion which overruled his ...
... girl could honour and love ? In the early married days could any one have been more considerate , more kind , more tender ? And would he not be just as loving , true , and kind to - day but for the master passion which overruled his ...
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Allen asked aunt aunt's Betsy blessing Brown child Christian cloth comfort Crown 8vo Daisy felt Daisy Snowflake Daisy's darling DAVID LIVINGSTONE dear doctor door Dovedale drink earnest eyes face father Fcap feel forgive FOSTER'S RULES friends Full-page Illustrations gentle Gerald Coultonsby girl gone hand Handsomely bound happy Hawkins heart Hodder and Stoughton hope hour husband Jones kissed knew laugh little Daisy live look Lord Jesus mamma Margaret Miss Daisy Miss Humphreys morning mother never Norman Reynolds nurse Paternoster Row pause plead poor port wine prayed prayer rectory round Saviour Scrivens sea-side singing smile sorrow speak spoke STEPHEN GRELLET story Sunday sure talk tears teetotaler tell tenderly things Thou to-day tone true turned uncle uncle's uncon unconsciously village voice walk watched whispered wife WILLIAM WILBERFORCE word young Zealand
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