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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 355

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like as a couple of peas! Our eyes are the same, and our dimples And so are our noses and hair;Exactly alike are our dresses And everything else that we wear. I m dreadfully fond of Louisa,And it s nice for a doll to be twins If your girl-mother knows you from sister—But there s where the trouble… … And read me a lecture on manners,And carried Louisa instead! It was / had the blister the doctorPrescribed when Louisa was ill. And they smothered me, nearly, in blanketsTo keep her from having a chill! I shant know myself, I am certainIf things keep on longer this way. And my temper is getting…

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