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Then followed her experiences as nursery-governess, her evening lessons under self-selected masters, and her ultimate rise to a higher grade among the teaching sisterhood.
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She received Mrs. Sweeny as nursery-governess to her three children.
Villette 2003
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Her letters to her husband had been written by her nursery-governess, engaged ostensibly to instruct the children; but in reality to act as amanuensis for the lady of the house.
The Mysteries of Montreal Being Recollections of a Female Physician Charlotte Fuhrer
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The children had never seen or known their aunt, and the people with whom she had last resided in Montreal (in the capacity of nursery-governess) had known her as Miss Rogers, and had lately lost all trace of her whereabouts.
The Mysteries of Montreal Being Recollections of a Female Physician Charlotte Fuhrer
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About midnight Amy Watson, the sister of the nursery-governess, took her departure, and Mr. D'Alton with his friends, went up to the billiard room to enjoy themselves at their favorite game.
The Mysteries of Montreal Being Recollections of a Female Physician Charlotte Fuhrer
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Did she fully realize what she was doing -- she, young, beautiful, talented -- in pleading to be tied down to the dull routine of a nursery-governess?
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'I was nursery-governess in a family where Mr. Copperfield came to visit.
David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917
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I was nursery-governess in a family where Mr. Copperfield came to visit.
I. I Am Born 1917
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The only field open to her was that of a nursery-governess or companion; neither was likely to enable her to pay this debt of honour quickly.
The Good Comrade Una Lucy Silberrad 1913
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But Charlotte's fun was soon over, and she became a nursery-governess again at Mrs. White's, of Rawdon.
The Three Brontes Sinclair, May 1912
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