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... garden you go , fancying that you know all about that bunch of flowers ; and yet five minutes afterwards , when you come back to it , it's as fresh and sweet and marvellous as ever ! " " Then keep the posy till you can really sniff ΙΟ A ...
... garden you go , fancying that you know all about that bunch of flowers ; and yet five minutes afterwards , when you come back to it , it's as fresh and sweet and marvellous as ever ! " " Then keep the posy till you can really sniff ΙΟ A ...
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... garden , it's quite another thing ! " But I haven't a garden ! " said Chickweed , “ I'm much too poor 66 ! Neighbours have , have n't they ? And if you're too poor to have a bit of garden , you're too poor to keep a beast that ruins ...
... garden , it's quite another thing ! " But I haven't a garden ! " said Chickweed , “ I'm much too poor 66 ! Neighbours have , have n't they ? And if you're too poor to have a bit of garden , you're too poor to keep a beast that ruins ...
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... gardens and children . He was a plausible , sweet - tempered creature , and made new friends easily enough at the cost of a little joyous caper or two , a wag of his stumpy tail , a bright look up in their faces , and a cheery bark ...
... gardens and children . He was a plausible , sweet - tempered creature , and made new friends easily enough at the cost of a little joyous caper or two , a wag of his stumpy tail , a bright look up in their faces , and a cheery bark ...
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... gardens she would have to pay for the damage he might do therein ; and that if she could not afford to pay the damages , which was not un- likely , they must take the matter into their own hands and give the little intruder a breakfast ...
... gardens she would have to pay for the damage he might do therein ; and that if she could not afford to pay the damages , which was not un- likely , they must take the matter into their own hands and give the little intruder a breakfast ...
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... garden walk- " He will know , " cried she . " Here , Gideon , Gideon , come and tell us what are these . " He took it at once in his hand , and at once proceeded to sniff it . " Where did you get it ? " said he , eyeing her suspiciously ...
... garden walk- " He will know , " cried she . " Here , Gideon , Gideon , come and tell us what are these . " He took it at once in his hand , and at once proceeded to sniff it . " Where did you get it ? " said he , eyeing her suspiciously ...
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Author BARBARA HUTTON Bevis birds Bridgetta Buttercup carriage castle Chickweed Chickweed's cloth elegant Cloudheart coloured course cried Jonquil Crown 8vo Daisy Dame Sweetbriar daughter Day of Wonders Dilly door dress Edition Equerry eyes face fairy Fcap feel four friends G. A. HENTY garden gilt edges gone Groundsel hands HARRISON WEIR head heart Hipposilos Illustrated by JOHN Joyce Halling Katremè King King's knew Lady Pazienza laugh little Princess lived look Majesty matter Mignonette Mignonette's Miss Jonquil Miss Miggonet Mistress morocco nose once perhaps pleasant Post 8vo present pretty price 6d Prince Princess Poppy Princess Wuntha road round Royal 16mo Royal Highness Sgunda Shillings Shillings and Sixpence Sire sisters smile snow Stories sure tears tell thing THOMAS HOOD thought Thousand town village voice walk wish wonder words young girl
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