My Awkward Cousin, Or, Caroline's Visit to Her Great-aunt's Poultry YardAmerican Sunday-School Union, 1848 - 107 pages |
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... least the satisfac- tion of pleasing her , and that is some- thing for my Caroline's comfort , I am sure . 99 I did not venture an answer , and much of the ensuing night passed in tears . The next day my father said to me : " Your ...
... least the satisfac- tion of pleasing her , and that is some- thing for my Caroline's comfort , I am sure . 99 I did not venture an answer , and much of the ensuing night passed in tears . The next day my father said to me : " Your ...
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... least extra- ordinary . " And now , ( thought 1 , ) I must write to mother . " Your Caroline has not opened a single one of her books or papers since she came here , nor done any thing but run in the garden and tire herself from morning ...
... least extra- ordinary . " And now , ( thought 1 , ) I must write to mother . " Your Caroline has not opened a single one of her books or papers since she came here , nor done any thing but run in the garden and tire herself from morning ...
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... poultry yard . I was so much amused with the stores of pleasantry furnished by this subject , that I went down at the dinner hour in the best mood in the world , to rally my cousin , and to laugh ( at least to myself THE RED APRON . 31.
... poultry yard . I was so much amused with the stores of pleasantry furnished by this subject , that I went down at the dinner hour in the best mood in the world , to rally my cousin , and to laugh ( at least to myself THE RED APRON . 31.
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cousin , and to laugh ( at least to myself ) at that which he was about to relate for the credit and honour of the goose tribe . I must here own , that it was not heed- lessness and ignorance only that excited my desire to laugh , but a ...
cousin , and to laugh ( at least to myself ) at that which he was about to relate for the credit and honour of the goose tribe . I must here own , that it was not heed- lessness and ignorance only that excited my desire to laugh , but a ...
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... least capable of looking beyond it , and doing justice to his character and his heart . ” I felt my cheeks on fire . I no longer wished to laugh , for I could not look up for shame . How wicked and foolish it is to judge by the ...
... least capable of looking beyond it , and doing justice to his character and his heart . ” I felt my cheeks on fire . I no longer wished to laugh , for I could not look up for shame . How wicked and foolish it is to judge by the ...
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