Crackers for ChristmasMacmillan and Company, 1870 - 352 pages |
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... true after all , and , if they were , he quite settled in his own mind . that , upon the whole , he would rather be destroyed by a mermaid than eaten by an ogre . But he determined to listen to their song , and try to discover what they ...
... true after all , and , if they were , he quite settled in his own mind . that , upon the whole , he would rather be destroyed by a mermaid than eaten by an ogre . But he determined to listen to their song , and try to discover what they ...
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... true , brother crab , no escape can be made By night or by day , though they try ; And the ogre , our master , need ne'er be afraid That we'll let a mere mortal pass by . ' You remember , ' twas but t'other day , brother crab , A lad ...
... true , brother crab , no escape can be made By night or by day , though they try ; And the ogre , our master , need ne'er be afraid That we'll let a mere mortal pass by . ' You remember , ' twas but t'other day , brother crab , A lad ...
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... true , and also the still prettier story they tell , that on the still summer evenings , when there is no storm , but the waves come rippling gently up to the shore , and tenderly bathe the pebbly beach at the foot of the great ...
... true , and also the still prettier story they tell , that on the still summer evenings , when there is no storm , but the waves come rippling gently up to the shore , and tenderly bathe the pebbly beach at the foot of the great ...
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... true to the scent they ran , and nearer and nearer they came to the edge of the square which they were hunting . Suddenly , from out of that square bolted a rabbit at the top of its speed , and made for the square in which I lay ...
... true to the scent they ran , and nearer and nearer they came to the edge of the square which they were hunting . Suddenly , from out of that square bolted a rabbit at the top of its speed , and made for the square in which I lay ...
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... much influence in the warren , proved of considerable service to us . His language was some- times extraordinary , but his heart was in the right place , and we always found him a true friend 70 [ II . CRACKERS FOR CHRISTMAS .
... much influence in the warren , proved of considerable service to us . His language was some- times extraordinary , but his heart was in the right place , and we always found him a true friend 70 [ II . CRACKERS FOR CHRISTMAS .
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