Cousin Trix and Her Welcome TalesGriffith and Farran, successors to Newbery and Harris, corner of St. Paul's Churchyard, 1868 - Children's stories - 272 pages |
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... plain hemming to save her life . Her mother had had ten governesses for her in succession , but it was all no use ; there was nothing in the world that Effie would learn . So at last , when her eighth birthday came , and there was not ...
... plain hemming to save her life . Her mother had had ten governesses for her in succession , but it was all no use ; there was nothing in the world that Effie would learn . So at last , when her eighth birthday came , and there was not ...
Page 75
... plain of . Nothing to do ! upon my word ! ' And as if she couldn't at all get over it , the fairy fell to chuckling to herself with all her might , and went on chuckling to such an extent when she had once begun that at last she couldn ...
... plain of . Nothing to do ! upon my word ! ' And as if she couldn't at all get over it , the fairy fell to chuckling to herself with all her might , and went on chuckling to such an extent when she had once begun that at last she couldn ...
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... plain- tively- ' I'm so hungry , Dwarf ! ' ' My dear , I am sure you are ! What a goose I was not to think of that sooner ! ' the Dwarf eagerly re- plied ; and with that he started up and put the child down on the floor , and hurried ...
... plain- tively- ' I'm so hungry , Dwarf ! ' ' My dear , I am sure you are ! What a goose I was not to think of that sooner ! ' the Dwarf eagerly re- plied ; and with that he started up and put the child down on the floor , and hurried ...
Page 205
... plain , yet , as time went on , and as year after year he grew kinder and gentler and more full of charity to his fellow - men , it was wonderful how much of his original ugliness and deformity seemed to go out of the Dwarf's face , and ...
... plain , yet , as time went on , and as year after year he grew kinder and gentler and more full of charity to his fellow - men , it was wonderful how much of his original ugliness and deformity seemed to go out of the Dwarf's face , and ...
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... plain ; 7s . 6d . coloured ; 10s . 6d . on cloth and coloured , bound in an elegant cover , printed in gold and colours . Cousin Trix , NEW WORK BY MISS CRAIK . And her Welcome Tales . By GEORGIANA CRAIK . With Illustra- tions by F. W. ...
... plain ; 7s . 6d . coloured ; 10s . 6d . on cloth and coloured , bound in an elegant cover , printed in gold and colours . Cousin Trix , NEW WORK BY MISS CRAIK . And her Welcome Tales . By GEORGIANA CRAIK . With Illustra- tions by F. W. ...
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ABSOLON amusing asked BARBARA HUTTON beautiful began Bertha cloth elegant coloured course creature cried Blue-eyes cried Effie crying Daisy dear delightful door Effie's Engravings exclaimed eyes face fairy-land fancy fast Fcap feel forest Frontispiece gave gilt edges hand happy HARRISON WEIR Harry's head heart hour Illustrations Jack JOHN TIMBS kind King knew lady laughed little Blue-eyes little Effie little Harry live looked Lord Edgar Lords in Waiting minutes morning morocco mother mother-mouse mouse never night once Phiz poor Dwarf poor little pretty Prince Queen Mab replied Blue-eyes replied Cousin Trix Roger round Royal 16mo Second Edition seemed shoes sight sleep Small 4to smile softly soon stable-yard story strange Super-royal 16mo sure talk tell thing THOMAS DARNELL THOMAS HOOD thought three fairies told took Trix's WEIR whole wonderful young
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