Collected Works of Charles Kingsley: The water-babiesMacmillan and Company, 1895 |
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... poor knees and elbows raw ; and when the soot got into his eyes , which it did every day in the week ; and when his master beat him , which he did every day in the week ; and when he had not enough to eat , which happened every day in ...
... poor knees and elbows raw ; and when the soot got into his eyes , which it did every day in the week ; and when his master beat him , which he did every day in the week ; and when he had not enough to eat , which happened every day in ...
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... poor Irishwoman , trudg- ing along with a bundle at her back . She had a gray shawl over her head , and a crimson madder petticoat ; so you may be sure she came from Galway . She had neither shoes nor stockings , and limped along as if ...
... poor Irishwoman , trudg- ing along with a bundle at her back . She had a gray shawl over her head , and a crimson madder petticoat ; so you may be sure she came from Galway . She had neither shoes nor stockings , and limped along as if ...
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... poor little Tom . " It must be as good as putting it under the town - pump ; and there is no beadle here to drive a chap away . " " Thou come along , " said Grimes ; " what dost want with washing thyself ? Thou did not drink half a ...
... poor little Tom . " It must be as good as putting it under the town - pump ; and there is no beadle here to drive a chap away . " " Thou come along , " said Grimes ; " what dost want with washing thyself ? Thou did not drink half a ...
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... poor Sir John , year after year , and trying to talk him into spending a hundred thousand pounds or so , in building , to please them and not himself . But he always put them off , like a canny North - countryman as he was . One wanted ...
... poor Sir John , year after year , and trying to talk him into spending a hundred thousand pounds or so , in building , to please them and not himself . But he always put them off , like a canny North - countryman as he was . One wanted ...
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... Poor man , " thought Tom , " and he looks so kind and quiet . But why should the lady have such a sad picture as that in her room ? Perhaps it was some kinsman of hers , who had been murdered by the savages in foreign parts , and she ...
... Poor man , " thought Tom , " and he looks so kind and quiet . But why should the lady have such a sad picture as that in her room ? Perhaps it was some kinsman of hers , who had been murdered by the savages in foreign parts , and she ...
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