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... pretty ( if rather ample ) feet ; and she married him three years after she had refused Squire Silchester of Silchester ; and the Squire , whose bark was far worse than his bite , took the generous revenge of present- ing him to the ...
... pretty ( if rather ample ) feet ; and she married him three years after she had refused Squire Silchester of Silchester ; and the Squire , whose bark was far worse than his bite , took the generous revenge of present- ing him to the ...
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... pretty demure damsels gone - our aunts or our aunts ' aunts - who sat and flirted in them ? 66 But Well , you know , " quoth John Silchester , gravely , " English has no alphabet . English has a rude a b c , I admit , just as Etruscan ...
... pretty demure damsels gone - our aunts or our aunts ' aunts - who sat and flirted in them ? 66 But Well , you know , " quoth John Silchester , gravely , " English has no alphabet . English has a rude a b c , I admit , just as Etruscan ...
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... That to tempt a man on are always alert : Pretty or witty , I view them as dirt , With their willy - nilly , shilly and shally : Heigh - ho ! says Musical Willie . 6 " It is not everybody , " said Squire MUSICAL WILLIE . 55.
... That to tempt a man on are always alert : Pretty or witty , I view them as dirt , With their willy - nilly , shilly and shally : Heigh - ho ! says Musical Willie . 6 " It is not everybody , " said Squire MUSICAL WILLIE . 55.
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... children , they learnt nothing but what their father and mother taught them by word of mouth . That being the case , it is pretty certain that their childish memories were not loaded with latitudes CHAPTER VI SILVIA SILVICULTRIX.
... children , they learnt nothing but what their father and mother taught them by word of mouth . That being the case , it is pretty certain that their childish memories were not loaded with latitudes CHAPTER VI SILVIA SILVICULTRIX.
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... pretty little person is too brittle to touch . There's a time when the girl is a romp , a tomboy : well for her if she has open country around her , and kind play- fellows . Silvia lacked neither . She became Silvicultrix . You might ...
... pretty little person is too brittle to touch . There's a time when the girl is a romp , a tomboy : well for her if she has open country around her , and kind play- fellows . Silvia lacked neither . She became Silvicultrix . You might ...
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