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• Listen to th' wind wutherin' round the house," she said. "You could bare stand up on the moor if you was out on it tonight." Mary did not know what "wutherin'" meant until she listened, and then she understood. It must mean that hollow shuddering sort of roar which rushed round and round the house, as if the giant no one could see were buffeting it and beating at the walls and windows to try to break in. But one knew he could not get in, and somehow it made one feel very safe and warm inside a room with a red coal fire.

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  Wall, Mean, Fire

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2016). “The Secret Garden”, p.38, Xist Publishing

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• She looked into the staring glass eyes and complacent face, and suddenly a sort of heartbroken rage seized her. She lifted her little savage hand and knocked Emily off the chair, bursting into a passion of sobbing- Sara who never cried.

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  Heartbroken, Eye, Passion

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2012). “A Little Princess”, p.96, Courier Corporation

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• I don't know who it is," she said; "but somebody cares for me a little. I have a friend.

  Frances Hodgson Burnett

  Care, Littles, Said

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2016). “A Little Princess”, p.132, Xist Publishing

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• She did not know that this was the best thing she could have done, and she did not know that, when she began to walk quickly or even run along the paths and down the avenue, she was stirring her slow blood and making herself stronger by fighting with the wind which swept down from the moor.

  Frances Hodgson Burnett

  Fighting, Wind, Stronger

  "Charming Novels of Classic Heroines".

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• Are you learning me by heart, little Sara?" he said, stroking her hair. "No," she answered. "I know you by heart. You are inside my heart.

  Frances Hodgson Burnett

  Heart, Hair, Littles

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2015). “A Little Princess”, p.10, Booklassic

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