Collected Works of Charles Kingsley: The water-babiesMacmillan and Company, 1895 |
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... Greeks , heathens as they were , saw as much as that two thousand years ago ; and I care very little for Cousin Cramchild , if he sees even less than they . And so forth , and so forth , till he is quite cross . And then tell him that ...
... Greeks , heathens as they were , saw as much as that two thousand years ago ; and I care very little for Cousin Cramchild , if he sees even less than they . And so forth , and so forth , till he is quite cross . And then tell him that ...
Page 83
... Greek words , amphi , a fish , and bios , a beast . An animal supposed by our ignorant ancestors to be compounded of a fish and a beast ; which therefore , like the hippopotamus , can't live on the land , and dies in the water ...
... Greek words , amphi , a fish , and bios , a beast . An animal supposed by our ignorant ancestors to be compounded of a fish and a beast ; which therefore , like the hippopotamus , can't live on the land , and dies in the water ...
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... Greek , and the rest what might have been English , if they had only learnt to write it . And this is the beginning thereof— The subanhypaposupernal anastomoses of peritomic diacellurite in the encephalo digital region of the distin ...
... Greek , and the rest what might have been English , if they had only learnt to write it . And this is the beginning thereof— The subanhypaposupernal anastomoses of peritomic diacellurite in the encephalo digital region of the distin ...
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... Greeks in Sicily , whom you may see painted on the ancient vases , and really there seemed to be great excuses for them , for they had no need to work . Instead of houses they lived in the beautiful caves of tufa , and bathed in the ...
... Greeks in Sicily , whom you may see painted on the ancient vases , and really there seemed to be great excuses for them , for they had no need to work . Instead of houses they lived in the beautiful caves of tufa , and bathed in the ...
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... Greek Fairy Tales for my Children . With Illustrations . THE WATER BABIES ; A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby . With Illustrations by Sir NOEL PATON , R.S.A. , etc. MADAM HOW AND LADY WHY ; or , First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children ...
... Greek Fairy Tales for my Children . With Illustrations . THE WATER BABIES ; A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby . With Illustrations by Sir NOEL PATON , R.S.A. , etc. MADAM HOW AND LADY WHY ; or , First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children ...
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