44 Quotes by Ellen Read


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    There’s no time to waste,” Alexandra said, and grabbed Edith’s hand. “Look, he’s turned into Swanson Street.” “He might see us,” Edith objected. “Of course, he won’t. He doesn’t suspect we’ll follow him.” Alexandra tugged on Edith’s hand and pulled her along. “Why is he going up Flinders Lane?” Edith asked. “There aren’t as many people in Flinders Lane. He’s bound to see us.

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    This poem inspired me to write my eBook.The Miller's Daughter by Alfred Lord TennysonAnd I would be the necklace, And all day long to fall and rise Upon her balmy bosom, With her laughter or her sighs; And I would lie so light, so light, I scarce should be unclasp’d at night.

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    This poem inspired me to write my eBook.The Miller's Daughter by Alfred Lord TennysonIt is the miller’s daughter, And she is grown so dear, so dear,That I would be the jewel That trembles in her ear; For hid in ringlets day and night I’d touch her neck so warm and white.

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    The same little honeyeater visited her on the veranda while she ate her toast. She dropped a few crumbs for it and the bird came closer to her than yesterday morning.

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    One chair available. There were only two chairs in the shop. A man occupied one of these. I glanced away and then back again. Two chairs forbade the unwritten rule. Did everyone follow it? Miss one chair and sit down, but there was no third chair.

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