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Page 93
... person may lie in the open air without being annoyed by insects of any kind ! - Surely times have altered very much , for we have all sorts of knats , mos- quitoes etc besides sundry indoor companions people do differ tho ' sometimes ...
... person may lie in the open air without being annoyed by insects of any kind ! - Surely times have altered very much , for we have all sorts of knats , mos- quitoes etc besides sundry indoor companions people do differ tho ' sometimes ...
Page 113
... person is a strange compound - She appears so witless and all who know her say , it is complete Vanity ! She is French , yet has not the taking manners of that lively Nation - She appears clever , yet deficient in common sense Her ...
... person is a strange compound - She appears so witless and all who know her say , it is complete Vanity ! She is French , yet has not the taking manners of that lively Nation - She appears clever , yet deficient in common sense Her ...
Page 119
... person , talking of another , said , ' Oh ! he is cranky ! ' ' Ah ! ah ! ' said Mrs Freeman , ' you talk of this , and that one being cranky , but you none of you seem to think my two boys so , yet they are ! ' After this speech she ...
... person , talking of another , said , ' Oh ! he is cranky ! ' ' Ah ! ah ! ' said Mrs Freeman , ' you talk of this , and that one being cranky , but you none of you seem to think my two boys so , yet they are ! ' After this speech she ...
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