Hacco, the Dwarf, Or, The Tower on the Mountain: And Other TalesGriffith and Farran, successors to Newbery and Harris, corner of St. Paul's Churchyard, 1865 - Children's stories - 270 pages |
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... knew not they were near . He would be more than ever separated from them now - he at the top of the tower and they below . " It seems to me , " said Ursula , as if thinking aloud , and with her eyes still fixed on the glow- ing embers ...
... knew not they were near . He would be more than ever separated from them now - he at the top of the tower and they below . " It seems to me , " said Ursula , as if thinking aloud , and with her eyes still fixed on the glow- ing embers ...
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... knew what it was to be kindly treated himself , so he was trusted with the care of the goats . I asked him just now where he lived , and he said , just down below in a shed built against the rock . He and the goats all THE TOWER ON THE ...
... knew what it was to be kindly treated himself , so he was trusted with the care of the goats . I asked him just now where he lived , and he said , just down below in a shed built against the rock . He and the goats all THE TOWER ON THE ...
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... knew he must die if he stayed there and would not eat ; and even the rude boys who had been in the habit of jeering at his strange figure whenever he showed himself in the valley , were grave and pitiful when THE TOWER ON THE MOUNTAIN . 23.
... knew he must die if he stayed there and would not eat ; and even the rude boys who had been in the habit of jeering at his strange figure whenever he showed himself in the valley , were grave and pitiful when THE TOWER ON THE MOUNTAIN . 23.
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... first surprise , they began to examine their new home more carefully . Clambering up the boundary- wall , they could see the village in the valley , where they knew their grandfather was buried . They could 26 HACCO THE DWARF ; OR.
... first surprise , they began to examine their new home more carefully . Clambering up the boundary- wall , they could see the village in the valley , where they knew their grandfather was buried . They could 26 HACCO THE DWARF ; OR.
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And Other Tales lady Henrietta Lushington, Lady Henrietta Prescott Lushington. where they knew their grandfather was buried . They could also look down on a wood of larches far below on their own mountain ; but the descent was so steep ...
And Other Tales lady Henrietta Lushington, Lady Henrietta Prescott Lushington. where they knew their grandfather was buried . They could also look down on a wood of larches far below on their own mountain ; but the descent was so steep ...
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