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Jacob Abbott. While he was engaged in doing this , Mrs. Morelle told him that she wished to put into the children's hands a sum of money sufficient for all their probable expenses - about five hundred dollars she thought would be the ...
Jacob Abbott. While he was engaged in doing this , Mrs. Morelle told him that she wished to put into the children's hands a sum of money sufficient for all their probable expenses - about five hundred dollars she thought would be the ...
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... told the children , speaking however all the time in French , that he should have been very sorry for the mis- fortune which they had met with in being thus left alone at Rome , were it not for its being the means of giving him such a ...
... told the children , speaking however all the time in French , that he should have been very sorry for the mis- fortune which they had met with in being thus left alone at Rome , were it not for its being the means of giving him such a ...
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... told them that they had nothing to do but to rest and enjoy themselves . " I have made all the arrangements about your dinner , " said he . " Teresa will set the table pretty soon , and give you a nice dinner . You can not ask for ...
... told them that they had nothing to do but to rest and enjoy themselves . " I have made all the arrangements about your dinner , " said he . " Teresa will set the table pretty soon , and give you a nice dinner . You can not ask for ...
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... told me that I saw in Rome . I am going to make a book about it . " " How make a book ? " asked John . " Make believe , " said Florence . " I will sup- pose that it is a book I am writing . First , I will read you the title page , then ...
... told me that I saw in Rome . I am going to make a book about it . " " How make a book ? " asked John . " Make believe , " said Florence . " I will sup- pose that it is a book I am writing . First , I will read you the title page , then ...
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... seemed somewhat displeased that she had not told him before . He asked her if she knew who the per- son was . She said she did not . Then the cap- tain had all the stewards and waiters called together at 10 IMAGINARY DANGERS . 109.
... seemed somewhat displeased that she had not told him before . He asked her if she knew who the per- son was . She said she did not . Then the cap- tain had all the stewards and waiters called together at 10 IMAGINARY DANGERS . 109.
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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,