Widow Wakefull's mission; or Gleanings in mildewed and blighted fields [by C. Grant].1873 |
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... lives ? I almost dread to ask you , if you know anything good or bad of her , or of my sisters . To find them out now , and to be enabled to render their declining years or days somewhat comfortable , would indeed , in a measure bring ...
... lives ? I almost dread to ask you , if you know anything good or bad of her , or of my sisters . To find them out now , and to be enabled to render their declining years or days somewhat comfortable , would indeed , in a measure bring ...
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Catherine Grant. be quite a fit and proper person to be sent to live in the grand new poor - house . And as to the materials of the new prosperity— now , it is neither linen - factories , nor rope - works , nor water and windmills , nor ...
Catherine Grant. be quite a fit and proper person to be sent to live in the grand new poor - house . And as to the materials of the new prosperity— now , it is neither linen - factories , nor rope - works , nor water and windmills , nor ...
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... you yourselves , my fair readers , have in general been - a busy , rather than an useful woman . For , do we not find on retro- spection , that although we have endeavoured during a large portion of our past lives to be tolerably.
... you yourselves , my fair readers , have in general been - a busy , rather than an useful woman . For , do we not find on retro- spection , that although we have endeavoured during a large portion of our past lives to be tolerably.
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Catherine Grant. a large portion of our past lives to be tolerably indus- trious about one thing or another , yet we have rarely been so in doing precisely the right and the best things . And even when occasionally we have actually ...
Catherine Grant. a large portion of our past lives to be tolerably indus- trious about one thing or another , yet we have rarely been so in doing precisely the right and the best things . And even when occasionally we have actually ...
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... live with her , her affections , of a purely domestic and household nature , had been lavished on several dumb pets , and on her single old serving maid , Nancy . Amongst the former , the traditional old maid's cat was not a - wanting ...
... live with her , her affections , of a purely domestic and household nature , had been lavished on several dumb pets , and on her single old serving maid , Nancy . Amongst the former , the traditional old maid's cat was not a - wanting ...
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