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An affectionate father , one fine summer ' s day , having promised his two children
, Alexis and Amanda , to treat them with a walk in a fine garden a little way out of
town , went up into his dressing room to prepare himself , leaving the two ...
An affectionate father , one fine summer ' s day , having promised his two children
, Alexis and Amanda , to treat them with a walk in a fine garden a little way out of
town , went up into his dressing room to prepare himself , leaving the two ...
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He therefore desired that his sister might go and take a walk , and he stay at
home . 6 . The father was so delighted ... They all three then walked to the garden
, where they saw plants of the most valuable kinds . Amanda pressed her clothes
on ...
He therefore desired that his sister might go and take a walk , and he stay at
home . 6 . The father was so delighted ... They all three then walked to the garden
, where they saw plants of the most valuable kinds . Amanda pressed her clothes
on ...
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Some time afterwards , walking again in his brother ' s garden , he saw little
berries of a red colour , which hung down in ... Such was the badness of the
paths in some places , that it was impossible for them to walk hand in hand , so
that the ...
Some time afterwards , walking again in his brother ' s garden , he saw little
berries of a red colour , which hung down in ... Such was the badness of the
paths in some places , that it was impossible for them to walk hand in hand , so
that the ...
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When you walk abroad with your parents or servants , never look much about you
, unless you have hold of their hand , or some part of their apparel . And I hope it
will not be deemed impertinent to give similar advice to parents and servants ...
When you walk abroad with your parents or servants , never look much about you
, unless you have hold of their hand , or some part of their apparel . And I hope it
will not be deemed impertinent to give similar advice to parents and servants ...
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Her garden is a very beautiful one , and kept with great neatness and elegance ;
but if you take a walk with her into it , she talks to you of nothing but blights and
storms , of snails and caterpillars , and how impossible it is to keep it from the
litter ...
Her garden is a very beautiful one , and kept with great neatness and elegance ;
but if you take a walk with her into it , she talks to you of nothing but blights and
storms , of snails and caterpillars , and how impossible it is to keep it from the
litter ...
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| Title | The Juvenile Mentor; Or, Select Readings ... |
| Author | Albert Picket |
| Publisher | Picket, 1825 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 21 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 262 pages |
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