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[Mrs. Allen was] never satisfied with the day unless she spent the chief of it by the side of Mrs. Thorpe, in what they called conversation, but in wh...more

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To exemplify, -a beautiful glossy nut, which, blessed with original strength, has outlived all the storms of autumn. Not a puncture, not a weak spot a...more

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Obstinate, headstrong girl!

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I am no indiscriminate novel reader. The mere trash of the common circulating library I hold in the highest contempt.

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And here is my sweet little Annamaria,’ she added, tenderly caressing a little girl of three years old, who had not made a noise for the last two minu...more

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Those who do not complain are never pitied.