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... father that my mother never asked the meaning of a thing she did not understand . That she is not a woman of science , my father would say , is her misfortune ; but she might ask a question . My mother never did . In short , she went ...
... father that my mother never asked the meaning of a thing she did not understand . That she is not a woman of science , my father would say , is her misfortune ; but she might ask a question . My mother never did . In short , she went ...
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... father , Isaac , had other ambitions ; he is remembered as the author of Curi- osities of Literature . A freethinker ... father's dinner table a famous and stupid politician , the Marquis of Carabas , whom he inveigles into a political ...
... father , Isaac , had other ambitions ; he is remembered as the author of Curi- osities of Literature . A freethinker ... father's dinner table a famous and stupid politician , the Marquis of Carabas , whom he inveigles into a political ...
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... Father got the monitor medal for being umble . So did I. Father got made a sexton by being umble . " Be umble , Uriah , " says father to me , " and you'll get on . It was what was always being dinned into you and me at school ; it's ...
... Father got the monitor medal for being umble . So did I. Father got made a sexton by being umble . " Be umble , Uriah , " says father to me , " and you'll get on . It was what was always being dinned into you and me at school ; it's ...
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