My Awkward Cousin, Or, Caroline's Visit to Her Great-aunt's Poultry YardAmerican Sunday-School Union, 1848 - 107 pages |
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... mother had never left me for a single day to the care of a nurse . After some hesitation , it was decided that I should stay , during their absence , with my father's aunt , who lived in a lit- tle village near Paris . I felt very sad ...
... mother had never left me for a single day to the care of a nurse . After some hesitation , it was decided that I should stay , during their absence , with my father's aunt , who lived in a lit- tle village near Paris . I felt very sad ...
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... mother , loved them very much . However , when the question arose as to leaving me with them during the ab- sence of my parents , ( which would be six weeks at least , ) I could scarcely contain myself . I acknowledged to my mother that ...
... mother , loved them very much . However , when the question arose as to leaving me with them during the ab- sence of my parents , ( which would be six weeks at least , ) I could scarcely contain myself . I acknowledged to my mother that ...
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... mother ; " and , as I know the kindness of your heart , I hope our aunt will never regret that she has consented to take charge of you from her friendship to us . A little girl of your age is a great charge to so old a person . I do not ...
... mother ; " and , as I know the kindness of your heart , I hope our aunt will never regret that she has consented to take charge of you from her friendship to us . A little girl of your age is a great charge to so old a person . I do not ...
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... mother and I have consecrated ourselves to that care , and you have been ac- customed , at an early age , not to have companions around you , but to be con- tented with being alone . Would it be well for all three of us to lose in six ...
... mother and I have consecrated ourselves to that care , and you have been ac- customed , at an early age , not to have companions around you , but to be con- tented with being alone . Would it be well for all three of us to lose in six ...
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... liberal and solid education for her son . My cousin had profited by his advantages , and in his turn gave himself up to his mother , whose devotion to him had been so warm and enduring . They both loved a country 16 MY AWKWARD COUSIN .
... liberal and solid education for her son . My cousin had profited by his advantages , and in his turn gave himself up to his mother , whose devotion to him had been so warm and enduring . They both loved a country 16 MY AWKWARD COUSIN .
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