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... turned her head to look behind ; she had not done so before , because she was so eager to go on that she felt as if to turn her head only would make a delay ; but when she did so , she found that the tops of the houses temples , and the ...
... turned her head to look behind ; she had not done so before , because she was so eager to go on that she felt as if to turn her head only would make a delay ; but when she did so , she found that the tops of the houses temples , and the ...
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... turned . Yes , there was a hole through which a person might crawl upon hands and knees ; so she and Harry bent down on all fours and squeezed themselves through under the prickly plants , whose thorns , luckily , all turn upwards . It ...
... turned . Yes , there was a hole through which a person might crawl upon hands and knees ; so she and Harry bent down on all fours and squeezed themselves through under the prickly plants , whose thorns , luckily , all turn upwards . It ...
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... turned up , to rest and recover herself a little , and Harry was sitting by her side . " They are very clever animals , ' said mamma , ' and may be taught to carry wood and pile it up , and almost to build houses . They will do anything ...
... turned up , to rest and recover herself a little , and Harry was sitting by her side . " They are very clever animals , ' said mamma , ' and may be taught to carry wood and pile it up , and almost to build houses . They will do anything ...
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... turning his trunk right back over his head , offered them to Annie . Then the mahoot said , " Pick another for missy baba , " and the docile beast pulled another bunch and gave them to me . ' ' But what I want to know , mamma , is how ...
... turning his trunk right back over his head , offered them to Annie . Then the mahoot said , " Pick another for missy baba , " and the docile beast pulled another bunch and gave them to me . ' ' But what I want to know , mamma , is how ...
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... turned her sad eyes on him , and answered , ' God knows . ' ' Must we go on walking , mamma ? I am so tired and hungry , and my foot hurts me so , ' asked Harry . Mrs. Brisbane thought . Then after a while she said , ' We can only wait ...
... turned her sad eyes on him , and answered , ' God knows . ' ' Must we go on walking , mamma ? I am so tired and hungry , and my foot hurts me so , ' asked Harry . Mrs. Brisbane thought . Then after a while she said , ' We can only wait ...
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