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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... whilst I am , by Providence , doomed to remain here . ' So passes on , intending at his return to cut down a sufficient quantity of it to make mats that might serve him instead of bed and bed - clothes . Having looked himself almost ...
... whilst I am , by Providence , doomed to remain here . ' So passes on , intending at his return to cut down a sufficient quantity of it to make mats that might serve him instead of bed and bed - clothes . Having looked himself almost ...
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... whilst he went for his hatchet , that he might cut the bottom shell from the top , in order to make a kettle of the deepest , and a dish of the flat part . Being tired of cod - fish , he dresses the tortoise , an animal seldom eaten but ...
... whilst he went for his hatchet , that he might cut the bottom shell from the top , in order to make a kettle of the deepest , and a dish of the flat part . Being tired of cod - fish , he dresses the tortoise , an animal seldom eaten but ...
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... whilst he was digging up more , come down from the trees where they stood hid among the leaves , and steal them away ; which obliged him to be contented for that time with as many as his pockets would hold , resolving to bring something ...
... whilst he was digging up more , come down from the trees where they stood hid among the leaves , and steal them away ; which obliged him to be contented for that time with as many as his pockets would hold , resolving to bring something ...
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... whilst fresh , he improves the fair weather , to dry one part of the remainder , and keeps the rest in pickle . The winter being near at hand , and the weather growing damp and cold , hinders him from taking his walks ; so being ...
... whilst fresh , he improves the fair weather , to dry one part of the remainder , and keeps the rest in pickle . The winter being near at hand , and the weather growing damp and cold , hinders him from taking his walks ; so being ...
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... whilst the weather was fair , he falls to clearing a spot of ground to set them in , as they increased . Turning up the ground he found several sorts of roots that looked to be eatable , some whereof were as big as a large carrot ...
... whilst the weather was fair , he falls to clearing a spot of ground to set them in , as they increased . Turning up the ground he found several sorts of roots that looked to be eatable , some whereof were as big as a large carrot ...
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