Daisy Snowflake's Secret. A Story of English Home LifeLondon, 1882 |
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... 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 , had been attracted by the passing of ...
... 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 , had been attracted by the passing of ...
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... months , they had been put on one side , Linda's idea would have been that the trouble which these dismal clothes bore witness to as having existed would become a thing also passed away , put on one side , forgotten as far as the ...
... months , they had been put on one side , Linda's idea would have been that the trouble which these dismal clothes bore witness to as having existed would become a thing also passed away , put on one side , forgotten as far as the ...
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... months of her little life had passed , and when at two years old she could trot by mother's side and pay her little visits to the sick and poor , with both little chubby hands well filled with flowers , as " tomething to make tomebody ...
... months of her little life had passed , and when at two years old she could trot by mother's side and pay her little visits to the sick and poor , with both little chubby hands well filled with flowers , as " tomething to make tomebody ...
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... months before the birth of Daisy , when , while speaking with Mrs. Snowflake , her husband , more than usually under the influence of drink , came into the room . " One of his bad attacks , not quite well to - day , " said the gentle ...
... months before the birth of Daisy , when , while speaking with Mrs. Snowflake , her husband , more than usually under the influence of drink , came into the room . " One of his bad attacks , not quite well to - day , " said the gentle ...
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... months ( the last of the three years since her husband left ) , and Mrs. Snow- flake became so weak and ailing that Betsy Trueman was engaged to come for a month or two , and attend to her , leaving the servant a little more free to ...
... months ( the last of the three years since her husband left ) , and Mrs. Snow- flake became so weak and ailing that Betsy Trueman was engaged to come for a month or two , and attend to her , leaving the servant a little more free to ...
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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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