Collected Works of Charles Kingsley: The water-babiesMacmillan and Company, 1895 |
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Page 109
... lobsters . They speared my poor dear husband as he went out to find something for me to eat . I was laid up among the crags then , and we were very low in the world , for the sea was so rough that no fish would come in shore . But they ...
... lobsters . They speared my poor dear husband as he went out to find something for me to eat . I was laid up among the crags then , and we were very low in the world , for the sea was so rough that no fish would come in shore . But they ...
Page 143
... lobster ; and a very distinguished lobster he was ; for he had live barnacles on his claws , which is a great mark of distinction in lobsterdom , and no more to be bought for money than a good conscience or the Victoria Cross . Tom had ...
... lobster ; and a very distinguished lobster he was ; for he had live barnacles on his claws , which is a great mark of distinction in lobsterdom , and no more to be bought for money than a good conscience or the Victoria Cross . Tom had ...
Page 145
... lobster . He had one claw knobbed and the other jagged ; and Tom delighted in watching him hold on to the seaweed with his knobbed claw , while he cut up salads with his jagged one , and then put them into his mouth , after smelling at ...
... lobster . He had one claw knobbed and the other jagged ; and Tom delighted in watching him hold on to the seaweed with his knobbed claw , while he cut up salads with his jagged one , and then put them into his mouth , after smelling at ...
Page 146
... lobster , and not very civil to Tom ; and you will hear how he had to alter his mind before he was done , as conceited people generally have . But he was so funny , and Tom so lonely , that he could not quarrel with him ; and they used ...
... lobster , and not very civil to Tom ; and you will hear how he had to alter his mind before he was done , as conceited people generally have . But he was so funny , and Tom so lonely , that he could not quarrel with him ; and they used ...
Page 149
... lobster , there walked one day the little white lady , Ellie herself , and with her a very wise man indeed- Professor Ptthmllnsprts . His mother was a Dutchwoman , and therefore he was born at Curaçao ( of course you have learnt your ...
... lobster , there walked one day the little white lady , Ellie herself , and with her a very wise man indeed- Professor Ptthmllnsprts . His mother was a Dutchwoman , and therefore he was born at Curaçao ( of course you have learnt your ...
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