Collected Works of Charles Kingsley: The water-babiesMacmillan and Company, 1895 |
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... fellow , who gave himself airs because he wore smart clothes , and other people paid for them ; and went behind the wall to fetch the half- brick after all ; but did not , remembering that he had come in the way of business , and was ...
... fellow , who gave himself airs because he wore smart clothes , and other people paid for them ; and went behind the wall to fetch the half- brick after all ; but did not , remembering that he had come in the way of business , and was ...
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... fellow enough . " Let well alone , lad , and ill too at times . Thy life's safer than mine at all events , eh , Mr. Grimes ? " And Grimes laughed again , and then the two men began talking quite low . Tom could hear , though , that it ...
... fellow enough . " Let well alone , lad , and ill too at times . Thy life's safer than mine at all events , eh , Mr. Grimes ? " And Grimes laughed again , and then the two men began talking quite low . Tom could hear , though , that it ...
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... fellow who did not know who his own grandfather was , who would change it for some spick and span new Gothic or Elizabethan thing , which looked as if it had been all spawned in a night , as mushrooms are . From which you may collect ...
... fellow who did not know who his own grandfather was , who would change it for some spick and span new Gothic or Elizabethan thing , which looked as if it had been all spawned in a night , as mushrooms are . From which you may collect ...
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... fellow - as cunning as an old Exmoor stag . Why not ? Though he was but ten years old , he had lived longer than most stags , and had more wits to start with into the bargain . He knew as well as a stag that if he backed he might throw ...
... fellow - as cunning as an old Exmoor stag . Why not ? Though he was but ten years old , he had lived longer than most stags , and had more wits to start with into the bargain . He knew as well as a stag that if he backed he might throw ...
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... fellows Tom ever saw . She lay on her back , rolling about , and stretching out her legs and head and tail in the ... fellow stole away from the rest to a dead crow close by , and dragged it off to hide it ,. I 37 A FAIRY TALE FOR A ...
... fellows Tom ever saw . She lay on her back , rolling about , and stretching out her legs and head and tail in the ... fellow stole away from the rest to a dead crow close by , and dragged it off to hide it ,. I 37 A FAIRY TALE FOR A ...
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