Example Sentences

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You are the dearest and darlingest thing left now that mothery is in heaven; and Sylvia will love you too.

From A Very Naughty Girl by Meade, L. T.

Don’t lose the note; it was written by mothery, and she is dead.”

From A Very Naughty Girl by Meade, L. T.

I am sure mistresses don’t go on in that silly way in Tasmania, for mothery said she loved school.

From A Very Naughty Girl by Meade, L. T.

I love my own darling mothery, who is not dead at all, for she is in heaven with father; and I love you, Jasper, and my uncle Edward.”

From A Very Naughty Girl by Meade, L. T.

I inherit it from my darling mothery; I will not allow myself to be defeated.”

From A Very Naughty Girl by Meade, L. T.