A Glimpse of the World, Volume 2Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863 - 537 pages |
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... listened , and asked questions , and ventured at length to propose an adjournment to the school - room . ' Don't drag one foot behind the other , ' said Mrs. Cameron , as Myra walked across the room ; and be- fore the door was closed ...
... listened , and asked questions , and ventured at length to propose an adjournment to the school - room . ' Don't drag one foot behind the other , ' said Mrs. Cameron , as Myra walked across the room ; and be- fore the door was closed ...
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... listened , and studied , and thought , and gave way to her temper , and selfishness , and vanity , and was a child in her own estimation , and a very troublesome and disagreeable one in the estimation of her friends ; because she had ...
... listened , and studied , and thought , and gave way to her temper , and selfishness , and vanity , and was a child in her own estimation , and a very troublesome and disagreeable one in the estimation of her friends ; because she had ...
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... listened ; she could not help it . Mr. Verney noticed it , and remarked , with a laugh : ' We must be careful what we say , sir ; we have an auditor . What is Miss Myra Cameron's opinion upon the vexed subject we have been discussing ...
... listened ; she could not help it . Mr. Verney noticed it , and remarked , with a laugh : ' We must be careful what we say , sir ; we have an auditor . What is Miss Myra Cameron's opinion upon the vexed subject we have been discussing ...
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... listened to the clergy- man's words . They had no meaning to me , but they stayed with me . I walked home with the rest , and then I went away by myself into a walled garden which we had , with straight walks , and fruit trees , and ...
... listened to the clergy- man's words . They had no meaning to me , but they stayed with me . I walked home with the rest , and then I went away by myself into a walled garden which we had , with straight walks , and fruit trees , and ...
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... listened to her brother's catalogue of names with some alarm . She had been two or three times to the National Gallery , and knew how to distinguish Raphael from Paul Veronese ; but more than this she had never thought of attempting ...
... listened to her brother's catalogue of names with some alarm . She had been two or three times to the National Gallery , and knew how to distinguish Raphael from Paul Veronese ; but more than this she had never thought of attempting ...
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