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... a pretty girl with just education enough to fill her with conceit and pretension , while her ex- emption from the household cares that occu- pied her mother B 3 FOREST LIFE . 5 hooks driven into the rafters over-head; two ...
... a pretty girl with just education enough to fill her with conceit and pretension , while her ex- emption from the household cares that occu- pied her mother B 3 FOREST LIFE . 5 hooks driven into the rafters over-head; two ...
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Caroline Matilda Kirkland. emption from the household cares that occu- pied her mother and sisters would be likely to create in time an impression that she was of right entitled to superior respect and a higher destiny . And , in truth ...
Caroline Matilda Kirkland. emption from the household cares that occu- pied her mother and sisters would be likely to create in time an impression that she was of right entitled to superior respect and a higher destiny . And , in truth ...
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Caroline Matilda Kirkland. blazing ruin was all that remained . The poor babes said mother had brought them out , and then went back and did not come any more . It is not surprising that Mrs. Thurston , learning that Mr. Ellingham was ...
Caroline Matilda Kirkland. blazing ruin was all that remained . The poor babes said mother had brought them out , and then went back and did not come any more . It is not surprising that Mrs. Thurston , learning that Mr. Ellingham was ...
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... mother's dress and occupations , the homely phraseology of her sisters , the furniture , the style of living , though certainly unchanged , or at least not changed for the worse , struck her unplea- santly and chilled her feelings ...
... mother's dress and occupations , the homely phraseology of her sisters , the furniture , the style of living , though certainly unchanged , or at least not changed for the worse , struck her unplea- santly and chilled her feelings ...
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... mother and sisters as a mortification to her pride , they , on their part , were absolutely ashamed of her finery . They could not think her ornaments improved her beauty , and , as a further and incontestible proof of their rustic ...
... mother and sisters as a mortification to her pride , they , on their part , were absolutely ashamed of her finery . They could not think her ornaments improved her beauty , and , as a further and incontestible proof of their rustic ...
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