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... clothes were clean enough , but gave such endless trouble to the four - and- twenty laundresses who were employed to wash the baby's clothes 2 THE TWO NURSES BY THOMAS HOOD BY THOMAS HOOD THE LITTLE GARDEN BY JANE HOOD (Illustration)
... clothes were clean enough , but gave such endless trouble to the four - and- twenty laundresses who were employed to wash the baby's clothes 2 THE TWO NURSES BY THOMAS HOOD BY THOMAS HOOD THE LITTLE GARDEN BY JANE HOOD (Illustration)
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... clothes , that they all struck for double wages , which , as there was plenty of money in the case , they easily obtained . Prismor , the nurse , though an old woman , was exceedingly vain , and liked nothing better than to dress ...
... clothes , that they all struck for double wages , which , as there was plenty of money in the case , they easily obtained . Prismor , the nurse , though an old woman , was exceedingly vain , and liked nothing better than to dress ...
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... clothes , or were troublesome in any way . The consequence was , that the Queen of the Fairies , and all her court , loved little Ahnn and Rhuskhi Bhuskhi . So when they saw how the siege was going on , they were grieved for their ...
... clothes , or were troublesome in any way . The consequence was , that the Queen of the Fairies , and all her court , loved little Ahnn and Rhuskhi Bhuskhi . So when they saw how the siege was going on , they were grieved for their ...
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... cloth . Next morning , when he got up , he found the Giant groaning and grumbling . " I tell you what it is , " said he , " my friend the cook , if you don't make your puddings a little lighter , I shall be 146 THE GOLDEN ARMOUR .
... cloth . Next morning , when he got up , he found the Giant groaning and grumbling . " I tell you what it is , " said he , " my friend the cook , if you don't make your puddings a little lighter , I shall be 146 THE GOLDEN ARMOUR .
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