Collected Works of Charles Kingsley: The water-babiesMacmillan and Company, 1895 |
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... wonderful , and , of all men on earth , Sir John ( whom he had seen , having been sent to gaol by him twice ) was the most awful . Harthover Place was really a grand place , even for the rich North country ; with a house so large that ...
... wonderful , and , of all men on earth , Sir John ( whom he had seen , having been sent to gaol by him twice ) was the most awful . Harthover Place was really a grand place , even for the rich North country ; with a house so large that ...
Page 59
... ; unless , of course , they look in the right place . The most wonderful and the strongest things in the world , you know , are just the things which no one can see . in you which There is life II 59 A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND - BABY.
... ; unless , of course , they look in the right place . The most wonderful and the strongest things in the world , you know , are just the things which no one can see . in you which There is life II 59 A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND - BABY.
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... wonderful part of this wonderful story . Tom , when he woke , for of course he woke children always wake after they have slept exactly as long as is good for them - found himself swimming about in the stream , being about four inches ...
... wonderful part of this wonderful story . Tom , when he woke , for of course he woke children always wake after they have slept exactly as long as is good for them - found himself swimming about in the stream , being about four inches ...
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... wonderful world round you , of which the wisest man knows only the very smallest corner , and is , as the great Sir Isaac Newton said , only a child picking up pebbles on the shore of a boundless ocean . You must not say that this ...
... wonderful world round you , of which the wisest man knows only the very smallest corner , and is , as the great Sir Isaac Newton said , only a child picking up pebbles on the shore of a boundless ocean . You must not say that this ...
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... wonderful as that would be . " Ask him if he knows about all this ; and if he does not , tell him to go and look for himself ; and advise him ( very respectfully , of course ) to settle no more what strange things cannot happen , till ...
... wonderful as that would be . " Ask him if he knows about all this ; and if he does not , tell him to go and look for himself ; and advise him ( very respectfully , of course ) to settle no more what strange things cannot happen , till ...
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