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Page 45
... wonderful that even the branch manufacture of making dolls ' eyes alone should be a considerable concern . But through all the changes and mutabilities of doll existence , one individual certainly retained a greater share of my devotion ...
... wonderful that even the branch manufacture of making dolls ' eyes alone should be a considerable concern . But through all the changes and mutabilities of doll existence , one individual certainly retained a greater share of my devotion ...
Page 112
... wonderful power , And blesses the house where it grows . And it clings around that home , And soon into bloom will burst- For its fulness has not come , It was only a bud at the first . Yet it is not a flower , but a child , And her ...
... wonderful power , And blesses the house where it grows . And it clings around that home , And soon into bloom will burst- For its fulness has not come , It was only a bud at the first . Yet it is not a flower , but a child , And her ...
Page 117
... wonderful pond , full of clear dark water , and with beautiful birds swimming about among the water- lilies . So he crawled down to it , and put his legs in , and bathed them there for an hour . When he took them out , he felt fresh and ...
... wonderful pond , full of clear dark water , and with beautiful birds swimming about among the water- lilies . So he crawled down to it , and put his legs in , and bathed them there for an hour . When he took them out , he felt fresh and ...
Page 118
... wonderful water , till they got quite sound again . Then the mouse thanked its kind physician , and sprang away over the furrows in great glee . A little further on , Ferko passed a hedge which was covered with honeysuckles and roses ...
... wonderful water , till they got quite sound again . Then the mouse thanked its kind physician , and sprang away over the furrows in great glee . A little further on , Ferko passed a hedge which was covered with honeysuckles and roses ...
Page 124
... wonderful performance of the queen bee's promise , so he felt quite easy about the matter . And he laid himself down under a haystack , and slept till morning , Next evening , as the sun was getting low , the little mouse ran out by his ...
... wonderful performance of the queen bee's promise , so he felt quite easy about the matter . And he laid himself down under a haystack , and slept till morning , Next evening , as the sun was getting low , the little mouse ran out by his ...
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