Countess Violet; or, What grandmamma saw in the fire1882 |
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... keeping with the size of the larder and the kitchen range . Miss Mordaunt , to whom Violet had been so specially intrusted , purposed to interest her charge in other phases of life than her own , and to lead her gradually to understand ...
... keeping with the size of the larder and the kitchen range . Miss Mordaunt , to whom Violet had been so specially intrusted , purposed to interest her charge in other phases of life than her own , and to lead her gradually to understand ...
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... keep us in suspense . " Well , then , Aunt Prissy has been sent for to go and stay with that cross old great - aunt of ours who quarrelled with papa , and lives in Cumberland . " 66 ' W - h - e - w ! that is news . Excuse me , " said ...
... keep us in suspense . " Well , then , Aunt Prissy has been sent for to go and stay with that cross old great - aunt of ours who quarrelled with papa , and lives in Cumberland . " 66 ' W - h - e - w ! that is news . Excuse me , " said ...
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... keep the Sabbath holy ; but apart from that , it is clearly a necessity for the health of mind and body that work , turmoil , and excitement should be banished from one day in seven . The student who works all Sunday loses in the end ...
... keep the Sabbath holy ; but apart from that , it is clearly a necessity for the health of mind and body that work , turmoil , and excitement should be banished from one day in seven . The student who works all Sunday loses in the end ...
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... keeping . This lady , however , was away in Cumberland , and little was heard of her from that distance , she being one of those persons who confine all their attention to , and expend all their energies on , the objects nearest them ...
... keeping . This lady , however , was away in Cumberland , and little was heard of her from that distance , she being one of those persons who confine all their attention to , and expend all their energies on , the objects nearest them ...
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... honest face . ' Always keep the beacon of your home before you it is the earthly symbol of the higher beacon which shall guide us into the great harbour of heaven . " spoke English well , but with a foreign accent ; COUNTESS VIOLET . 87.
... honest face . ' Always keep the beacon of your home before you it is the earthly symbol of the higher beacon which shall guide us into the great harbour of heaven . " spoke English well , but with a foreign accent ; COUNTESS VIOLET . 87.
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