Collected Works of Charles Kingsley: The water-babiesMacmillan and Company, 1895 |
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... Mother Carey's Haven , where the good whales go when they die . And there Mother Carey will tell you the way to the Other - end - of - Nowhere , and there you will find Mr. Grimes . " R " " ' Oh , dear ! " said Tom. CHAPTER VII ...
... Mother Carey's Haven , where the good whales go when they die . And there Mother Carey will tell you the way to the Other - end - of - Nowhere , and there you will find Mr. Grimes . " R " " ' Oh , dear ! " said Tom. CHAPTER VII ...
Page 248
... Mother Carey is . And there he saw the last of the Gairfowl , standing up on the Allalonestone , all alone . And a very grand old lady she was , full three feet high , and bolt upright , like some old Highland chieftainess . She had on ...
... Mother Carey is . And there he saw the last of the Gairfowl , standing up on the Allalonestone , all alone . And a very grand old lady she was , full three feet high , and bolt upright , like some old Highland chieftainess . She had on ...
Page 252
... Mother Carey's own chickens ; and Tom thought them much prettier than Lady Gairfowl , and so perhaps they were ; for Mother Carey had had a great deal 252 CHAP . THE WATER - BABIES.
... Mother Carey's own chickens ; and Tom thought them much prettier than Lady Gairfowl , and so perhaps they were ; for Mother Carey had had a great deal 252 CHAP . THE WATER - BABIES.
Page 253
... Mother Carey's own chickens , and she sends us out over all the seas , to show the good birds the way home . " " " Tom was delighted , and swam off to them , after he had made his bow to the Gairfowl . But she would not return his bow ...
... Mother Carey's own chickens , and she sends us out over all the seas , to show the good birds the way home . " " " Tom was delighted , and swam off to them , after he had made his bow to the Gairfowl . But she would not return his bow ...
Page 260
... Mother Carey had sent an electric message to him for more steam ; and now the steam was coming , as much in an hour as ought to have come in a week , puffing and roaring and swishing and swirling , till you could not see where the sky ...
... Mother Carey had sent an electric message to him for more steam ; and now the steam was coming , as much in an hour as ought to have come in a week , puffing and roaring and swishing and swirling , till you could not see where the sky ...
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