 Miss Sukey Jennett, Miss Dolly Friendly, Miss Lucy Sly, Miss Patty Locket, Miss Nancy Spruce, Miss Betty Ford, Miss Henny Fret, and Miss Polly Suckling. The eldest of these was sixteen years old, and neither of the others had yet attained her fifteenth...  The Governess: Or, The Young Female Academy - Page 9by Mary Martha Sherwood, Sarah Fielding - 1827 - 222 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mrs. Sherwood (Mary Martha), Mary Martha Sherwood - Christian education - 1832 - 264 pages
...none of the rest had yet attained their fifteenth year. AH ACCOUNT OF A FRAY, « """"""''•'»». Begun and carried on for the Sake of an Apple : in which are sheivn the sad Effects of Dissen-^ sion and RageJL HE greater part of the first week after the arrival... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - English literature - 1834 - 438 pages
...sixteen years old, and neither of the others had yet attained her fifteenth year. AN ACCOUNT OF A FRAY, Begun and carried on for the sake of an apple ; in...dissension and rage. THE greater part of the first week aftertiie arrival of the little girls was spent in settling and arranging the classes. On the Saturday... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - Children's stories - 1870 - 518 pages
...fourteen years old, and none of the rest had yet attained their twelfth year. AN ACCOUNT OF A FRAY, BEGUN AND CARRIED ON FOR THE SAKE OF AN APPLE : IN WHICH ARE SHOWN THE SAD EFFECTS OF RAGE AND ANGER. It was on a fine summer's evening when the school-hours were at an end, and the young... | |
 | Lady Sybil Grant - 1912 - 348 pages
...commanding eye," had a school consisting of nine young ladies. The book begins with " An Account of a fray, begun and carried on for the sake of an apple ; In which are shewn the sad effects of rage and anger." The fray was a desperate battle indeed, although each afterwards... | |
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