My Awkward Cousin, Or, Caroline's Visit to Her Great-aunt's Poultry YardAmerican Sunday-School Union, 1848 - 107 pages |
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... children of those per- sons who passed this beautiful season in the country . In the winter he had the same scholars or others in Paris as a private tutor . My aunt , on her part , was not idle . She took care of her fine and well ...
... children of those per- sons who passed this beautiful season in the country . In the winter he had the same scholars or others in Paris as a private tutor . My aunt , on her part , was not idle . She took care of her fine and well ...
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was forty years old , ) suffered himself to be treated as a mere child by his mother . She was sole mistress , disposed of every thing , arranged the house as she pleased , regulated the expenses of her son , who never got angry or ...
was forty years old , ) suffered himself to be treated as a mere child by his mother . She was sole mistress , disposed of every thing , arranged the house as she pleased , regulated the expenses of her son , who never got angry or ...
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... child , " said she , kindly , " what passes between you and your pa- rents is sacred with me . " " Do read it , I beg of you , aunt ! " and I urged it so earnestly , that at last she consented to read it . She drew her spec- tacles from ...
... child , " said she , kindly , " what passes between you and your pa- rents is sacred with me . " " Do read it , I beg of you , aunt ! " and I urged it so earnestly , that at last she consented to read it . She drew her spec- tacles from ...
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... child , you will see when Augustus gives you the history of his two Dickys , that it is all just as I say- and so you will not go down with me again , then ? " " Aunt , ought I not to write to father and mother ? " " Yes , you are right ...
... child , you will see when Augustus gives you the history of his two Dickys , that it is all just as I say- and so you will not go down with me again , then ? " " Aunt , ought I not to write to father and mother ? " " Yes , you are right ...
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CHAPTER IV . DICKY THE FIRST . " WHEN I was a child , " said Augustus , to make a fair beginning of this story , " what was most odious to me was the power which the strong frequently exer- cised over the weak . Therefore , my ...
CHAPTER IV . DICKY THE FIRST . " WHEN I was a child , " said Augustus , to make a fair beginning of this story , " what was most odious to me was the power which the strong frequently exer- cised over the weak . Therefore , my ...
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