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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... nights , that the captain and the most experienced mariners began to despair of the safety of the ship . In this ... night in the clift , being continually beaten with the dashing back of the sea , and being both bruised and numbed ...
... nights , that the captain and the most experienced mariners began to despair of the safety of the ship . In this ... night in the clift , being continually beaten with the dashing back of the sea , and being both bruised and numbed ...
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... night , he returns , and employs the re- mainder of the day in looking for the most convenient place for him to pass away the approaching night ; and , having fixed upon one of the highest trees , he gets up as far as he well could ...
... night , he returns , and employs the re- mainder of the day in looking for the most convenient place for him to pass away the approaching night ; and , having fixed upon one of the highest trees , he gets up as far as he well could ...
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... night before , in order to dress some of the cod - fish ; where being come , he picks up a parcel of dry leaves , and , with his knife and a flint , struck fire and kindled them ; then getting together a few sticks , made a fire ...
... night before , in order to dress some of the cod - fish ; where being come , he picks up a parcel of dry leaves , and , with his knife and a flint , struck fire and kindled them ; then getting together a few sticks , made a fire ...
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... night before under the trees , and much more easy than at top , he ventured again , committing himself to the care of Providence . He slept in safety that night , but with the returning morning all his anxieties were renewed , and he ...
... night before under the trees , and much more easy than at top , he ventured again , committing himself to the care of Providence . He slept in safety that night , but with the returning morning all his anxieties were renewed , and he ...
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... laid across pretty close , he retires home , the day being far spent . The following night there arose a violent storm , attended with dreadful claps of thunder , which the many echoes THE HISTORY OF PHILIP QUARLL . 21.
... laid across pretty close , he retires home , the day being far spent . The following night there arose a violent storm , attended with dreadful claps of thunder , which the many echoes THE HISTORY OF PHILIP QUARLL . 21.
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