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... service ; her daughter Marthy- Ann preparing dinner ; her daughter Sophia- Jane shelling peas ; her daughter Harriet- ' Lizy rocking the cradle , in which lies yet another daughter , whose name is Apollonia , not quite Apollyon , but so ...
... service ; her daughter Marthy- Ann preparing dinner ; her daughter Sophia- Jane shelling peas ; her daughter Harriet- ' Lizy rocking the cradle , in which lies yet another daughter , whose name is Apollonia , not quite Apollyon , but so ...
Page 40
... service , and many times a day might have been observed galloping in various directions , on different errands of mercy , a most useful auxiliary in a country where the inhabitants are so scattered , and the ordinary comforts of the ...
... service , and many times a day might have been observed galloping in various directions , on different errands of mercy , a most useful auxiliary in a country where the inhabitants are so scattered , and the ordinary comforts of the ...
Page 46
... services as escort ! " " Mr. Avenard , " said Caroline , with some touch of her natural spirit , though she was a little humbled by the consciousness that the gentleman had some right to complain , " I know not by what right you address ...
... services as escort ! " " Mr. Avenard , " said Caroline , with some touch of her natural spirit , though she was a little humbled by the consciousness that the gentleman had some right to complain , " I know not by what right you address ...
Page 48
... services had been required daily for some time , and where he was always expected and often waited for with anxiety . Mr. Thurston was pacing the little garden with rapid steps , endeavouring to regain his wonted calmness after a night ...
... services had been required daily for some time , and where he was always expected and often waited for with anxiety . Mr. Thurston was pacing the little garden with rapid steps , endeavouring to regain his wonted calmness after a night ...
Page 94
... the difficulty of procuring any- thing like comfortable domestic service grew to be an intolerable evil . The cottage , with all its charms ( and they were many ) , re- quired yet this addition - somebody to keep it clean 94 FOREST LIFE .
... the difficulty of procuring any- thing like comfortable domestic service grew to be an intolerable evil . The cottage , with all its charms ( and they were many ) , re- quired yet this addition - somebody to keep it clean 94 FOREST LIFE .
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