Collected Works of Charles Kingsley: The water-babiesMacmillan and Company, 1895 |
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... 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 her where she lived , and she ...
... 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 her where she lived , and she ...
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... till Tom longed to go and see the sea , and bathe in it likewise . At last , at the bottom of a hill , they came to a spring ; not such a spring as you see here , which soaks up out of a white gravel in the bog , among red fly- catchers ...
... till Tom longed to go and see the sea , and bathe in it likewise . At last , at the bottom of a hill , they came to a spring ; not such a spring as you see here , which soaks up out of a white gravel in the bog , among red fly- catchers ...
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... till thou hast , for I am a man of honour . " And at that they both laughed again , and thought it a very good joke . And by this time they were come up to the great iron gates in front of the house ; and Tom stared through them at the ...
... till thou hast , for I am a man of honour . " And at that they both laughed again , and thought it a very good joke . And by this time they were come up to the great iron gates in front of the house ; and Tom stared through them at the ...
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... till they ran one into another , anastomosing ( as Professor Owen would say ) considerably . So Tom fairly lost his way in them ; not that he cared much for that , though he was in pitchy darkness , for he was as much at home in a ...
... till they ran one into another , anastomosing ( as Professor Owen would say ) considerably . So Tom fairly lost his way in them ; not that he cared much for that , though he was in pitchy darkness , for he was as much at home in a ...
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... till the sun got too hot , and came down by another spout , leaving the policemen to go back to the stationhouse and eat their dinners . But all under the window spread a tree , with great leaves and sweet white flowers , almost as big ...
... till the sun got too hot , and came down by another spout , leaving the policemen to go back to the stationhouse and eat their dinners . But all under the window spread a tree , with great leaves and sweet white flowers , almost as big ...
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