Collected Works of Charles Kingsley: The water-babiesMacmillan and Company, 1895 |
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... . And Tom asked her about the sea ; and she told him how it rolled and roared over the rocks in winter nights , and lay still in the bright summer days , for the children to bathe and play 10 CHAP . THE WATER - BABIES.
... . And Tom asked her about the sea ; and she told him how it rolled and roared over the rocks in winter nights , and lay still in the bright summer days , for the children to bathe and play 10 CHAP . THE WATER - BABIES.
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... rock , at the foot of a limestone crag , the great fountain rose , quelling , and bubbling , and gurgling , so clear that you could not tell where the water ended and the air began ; and ran away under the road , a stream large enough ...
... rock , at the foot of a limestone crag , the great fountain rose , quelling , and bubbling , and gurgling , so clear that you could not tell where the water ended and the air began ; and ran away under the road , a stream large enough ...
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... rock , stretching away and up , up to the very sky . Why not ? Now , Tom was a cunning little 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 ...
... rock , stretching away and up , up to the very sky . Why not ? Now , Tom was a cunning little 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 ...
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... rocks and stones lying about everywhere , and that , instead of the moor growing flat as he went upwards , it grew more and more broken and hilly , but not so rough but that little Tom could jog along well enough , and find time , too ...
... rocks and stones lying about everywhere , and that , instead of the moor growing flat as he went upwards , it grew more and more broken and hilly , but not so rough but that little Tom could jog along well enough , and find time , too ...
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... rock , he saw a pretty sight - a great brown , sharp - nosed creature , with a white tag to her brush , and round her four or five smutty little cubs , SWAIN SC the funniest fellows Tom ever saw . She lay on her back , rolling about ...
... rock , he saw a pretty sight - a great brown , sharp - nosed creature , with a white tag to her brush , and round her four or five smutty little cubs , SWAIN SC the funniest fellows Tom ever saw . She lay on her back , rolling about ...
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