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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.

  Frances Hodgson Burnett

  Wall, Mean, Fire

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

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• The air was full of spices... A Little Princess

  Frances Hodgson Burnett

  Princess, Air, Spices

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• I dare say it is rather hard to be a rat,” she mused. “Nobody likes you. People jump and run away and scream out: ‘Oh, a horrid rat!’ I shouldn’t like people to scream and jump and say: ‘Oh, a horrid Sara!’ the moment they saw me, and set traps for me, and pretend they were dinner. It’s so different to be a sparrow. But nobody asked this rat if he wanted to be a rat when he was made. Nobody said: ‘Wouldn’t you rather be a sparrow?

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  Running, People, Different

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2016). “A Little Princess”, p.75, Xist Publishing

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• Might I," quavered Mary, "might I have a bit of earth?

  Frances Hodgson Burnett

  Earth, Might, Mary

  Frances Hodgson Burnett, General Press (2016). “The Secret Garden (Illustrated Edition)”, p.79, GENERAL PRESS

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• we do not believe until we want a thing and feel that we shall die if 'tis not granted to us, and then we kneel and kneel and believe, because we must have someone to ask help from.

  Frances Hodgson Burnett

  Prayer, Believe, Want

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2016). “A Lady of Quality”, p.134, ShandonPress

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