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... dinner , and after dinner they spent the time , until bed time , very merrily together , looking over their pur- chases and showing them to Lavinia . When bed time came the children both felt somewhat lonesome . They missed their mother ...
... dinner , and after dinner they spent the time , until bed time , very merrily together , looking over their pur- chases and showing them to Lavinia . When bed time came the children both felt somewhat lonesome . They missed their mother ...
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... dinner , " said he . " Teresa will set the table pretty soon , and give you a nice dinner . You can not ask for anything , but she will bring everything you require without your asking . Then , by and by , when the right time 80 NIGHT ...
... dinner , " said he . " Teresa will set the table pretty soon , and give you a nice dinner . You can not ask for anything , but she will bring everything you require without your asking . Then , by and by , when the right time 80 NIGHT ...
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... dinner . When they came out into the great room again , they found the table set , and a good warm fire in what John called the oven , though it was really intended for the fire - place . The children ate their dinner together in a very ...
... dinner . When they came out into the great room again , they found the table set , and a good warm fire in what John called the oven , though it was really intended for the fire - place . The children ate their dinner together in a very ...
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Jacob Abbott. drawing toward the close of the dinner , " I should like very much for you and me to go out and take a walk and see the town , if it were not for the beggars . " " So should I , " said John , " but it would not be of any ...
Jacob Abbott. drawing toward the close of the dinner , " I should like very much for you and me to go out and take a walk and see the town , if it were not for the beggars . " " So should I , " said John , " but it would not be of any ...
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... dinner , and the waiter , who at that place attended them , was carrying out the things from the dinner , they saw a bright - eyed and pretty little girl , apparently about four years old , stand- ing at the door and looking in . John ...
... dinner , and the waiter , who at that place attended them , was carrying out the things from the dinner , they saw a bright - eyed and pretty little girl , apparently about four years old , stand- ing at the door and looking in . John ...
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Page 6 - NEW YORK: D. APPLETON & COMPANY, 200 BROADWAY. MDCCCXLH. V ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1842, BY D. APPLETON & COMPANY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Conrt of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.
Page 35 - ... income serve for your own expenses, as (I fear) from the narrowness of my present prospects It will not be in my power to afford you assistance. I had flattered myself with the contrary persuasion, and this is one of my airy Castles, the destruction of which gives me the most pain and disappointment. I assure you, it is a great source of satisfaction to me to think, that at least you have a comfortable House, where you are secure from vulgar intrusion, and vulgar occurrences; and I cannot but...
Page 71 - M sat at a window which was hall raised to admit the breath of a balmy summer day, and she had a book in her hand which she had been reading aloud to three of her daughters, who were engaged in useful and ornamental work.
Page 108 - So my mother was convinced that he was a thief, and that he had come in to steal the money from the pockets of her dresses.
Page 39 - Give my love to the children, and believe me, as ever, " Your very affectionate friend,