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1  She wished she could talk as he did.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X
2  No, but he wishes he'd never been born.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XV
3  "I wish the spring was here now," said Mary.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IX
4  "I wish my father would come home," he said.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXV
5  If they wished I would," she said, "I wouldn't.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIV
6  During those years he had only wished to forget him.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
7  I wish I was friends with things," he said at last, "but I'm not.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
8  "I wish I could go to sleep before you leave me," he said rather shyly.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIII
9  Mary," he said, "I wish I hadn't said what I did about sending Dickon away.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
10  I am too ill, and wretched and distracted; but I wish you to be happy and comfortable.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XII
11  All that troubled her was her wish that she knew whether all the roses were dead, or if perhaps some of them had lived and might put out leaves and buds as the weather got warmer.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IX
12  Instead of lying and staring at the wall and wishing he had not awakened, his mind was full of the plans he and Mary had made yesterday, of pictures of the garden and of Dickon and his wild creatures.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIX
13  She had not wanted a little girl at all, and when Mary was born she handed her over to the care of an Ayah, who was made to understand that if she wished to please the Mem Sahib she must keep the child out of sight as much as possible.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER I