Collected Works of Charles Kingsley: The water-babiesMacmillan and Company, 1895 |
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... knew how many inches round the chest , and could have thrashed Mr. Grimes himself in fair fight , which very few folk round there could do , and which , my dear little boy , would not have been right for him to do , as a great many ...
... knew how many inches round the chest , and could have thrashed Mr. Grimes himself in fair fight , which very few folk round there could do , and which , my dear little boy , would not have been right for him to do , as a great many ...
Page 10
... knew , and all about himself , till Tom thought he had never met such a pleasant - spoken woman . And she asked him , at last , whether he said his prayers ! and seemed sad when he told her that he knew no prayers to say . Then he asked ...
... knew , and all about himself , till Tom thought he had never met such a pleasant - spoken woman . And she asked him , at last , whether he said his prayers ! and seemed sad when he told her that he knew no prayers to say . Then he asked ...
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... knew nothing about that , and cared less ; for down the tree he went , like a cat , and across the garden lawn , and over the iron railings , and up the park towards the wood , leaving the old nurse to scream murder and. I 27 A FAIRY ...
... knew nothing about that , and cared less ; for down the tree he went , like a cat , and across the garden lawn , and over the iron railings , and up the park towards the wood , leaving the old nurse to scream murder and. I 27 A FAIRY ...
Page 28
... knew it , and gave chase to poor Tom . The dairymaid heard the noise , got the churn between her knees , and tumbled over it , spilling all the cream ; and yet she jumped up , and gave chase to Tom . A groom cleaning Sir John's hack at ...
... knew it , and gave chase to poor Tom . The dairymaid heard the noise , got the churn between her knees , and tumbled over it , spilling all the cream ; and yet she jumped up , and gave chase to Tom . A groom cleaning Sir John's hack at ...
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... knew as well as a stag that if he backed he might throw the hounds out . So the first thing he Idid when he was over the wall was to make the neatest double sharp to his right , and run along under the wall for nearly half a mile ...
... knew as well as a stag that if he backed he might throw the hounds out . So the first thing he Idid when he was over the wall was to make the neatest double sharp to his right , and run along under the wall for nearly half a mile ...
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