A Storehouse of Stories, Containing: The History of Philip Quarll, Goody Twoshoes. The Governess, Jemima Placid, The Perambulations of a Mouse, The Village School, The Little Queen, History of Little JackCharlotte Mary Yonge Macmillan and Company, 1870 - 437 pages |
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... leaves , and gratifies his hunger as satis- factorily with roasted corn , or millet , as a rich and indolent citizen can do with all the accumulated inventions of arts and manufactures . But in the entire possession of all his bodily ...
... leaves , and gratifies his hunger as satis- factorily with roasted corn , or millet , as a rich and indolent citizen can do with all the accumulated inventions of arts and manufactures . But in the entire possession of all his bodily ...
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... leaves , and strews salt thereon to keep it from spoiling , and then goes to rest ; and as he lay undis- turbed the night before under the trees , and much more easy than at top , he ventured again , committing himself to the care of ...
... leaves , and strews salt thereon to keep it from spoiling , and then goes to rest ; and as he lay undis- turbed the night before under the trees , and much more easy than at top , he ventured again , committing himself to the care of ...
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... leaving one tree standing at each corner ; and , with the young plants he provided the day before , filled the distance between quite round , setting them about six inches asunder , leaving a larger vacancy for the door . His inclosure ...
... leaving one tree standing at each corner ; and , with the young plants he provided the day before , filled the distance between quite round , setting them about six inches asunder , leaving a larger vacancy for the door . His inclosure ...
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... what men may , made him hasten to the place he saw them scratching at , that by the herb they bear ( which they tore off ) he might find out the root . Having , by the leaves which he picked off the ΤΟ STOREHOUSE OF STORIES .
... what men may , made him hasten to the place he saw them scratching at , that by the herb they bear ( which they tore off ) he might find out the root . Having , by the leaves which he picked off the ΤΟ STOREHOUSE OF STORIES .
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Charlotte Mary Yonge. Having , by the leaves which he picked off the ground , found some of the same , he digs them up , and carried them to his barrack , where he broiled a slice of fish , and in the ashes roasted them , which eat ...
Charlotte Mary Yonge. Having , by the leaves which he picked off the ground , found some of the same , he digs them up , and carried them to his barrack , where he broiled a slice of fish , and in the ashes roasted them , which eat ...
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