A Storehouse of Stories, Containing: The History of Philip Quarll, Goody Twoshoes. The Governess, Jemima Placid, The Perambulations of a Mouse, The Village School, The Little Queen, History of Little JackCharlotte Mary Yonge Macmillan and Company, 1870 - 437 pages |
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... years old to eighty - one lived at Maryland Point , where , as her brother's children grew up round her , she became an author on their behalf . She died on + Dewey Donnell Book Fund A gift to the STANFORD PREFACE . vii.
... years old to eighty - one lived at Maryland Point , where , as her brother's children grew up round her , she became an author on their behalf . She died on + Dewey Donnell Book Fund A gift to the STANFORD PREFACE . vii.
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... married ; and from four years old to eighty - one lived at Maryland Point , where , as her brother's children grew up round her , she became an author on their behalf . She died on ALK 4115 PREFACE . Ir has been felt to be PREFACE . vii.
... married ; and from four years old to eighty - one lived at Maryland Point , where , as her brother's children grew up round her , she became an author on their behalf . She died on ALK 4115 PREFACE . Ir has been felt to be PREFACE . vii.
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... married ; and from four years old to eighty - one lived at Maryland Point , where , as her brother's children grew up round her , she became an author on their behalf . She died on the 5th of February , 1836. I am indebted for PREFACE .
... married ; and from four years old to eighty - one lived at Maryland Point , where , as her brother's children grew up round her , she became an author on their behalf . She died on the 5th of February , 1836. I am indebted for PREFACE .
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... rent , and turned the farmer , his wife , Little Margery , and her brother out of doors , with- out any of the necessaries of life to support them . This elated the heart of Mr. Graspall , this crowned 68 STOREHOUSE OF STORIES .
... rent , and turned the farmer , his wife , Little Margery , and her brother out of doors , with- out any of the necessaries of life to support them . This elated the heart of Mr. Graspall , this crowned 68 STOREHOUSE OF STORIES .
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... ' namely , indignation and dismay at the discourage- ment of small holdings in the early part of the eighteenth century . - ED . CHAPTER I. HOW AND ABOUT LITTLE MARGERY AND HER BROTHER THE HISTORY OF GOODY TWO - SHOES . 69.
... ' namely , indignation and dismay at the discourage- ment of small holdings in the early part of the eighteenth century . - ED . CHAPTER I. HOW AND ABOUT LITTLE MARGERY AND HER BROTHER THE HISTORY OF GOODY TWO - SHOES . 69.
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