Live Toys; Or Anecdotes of Our Four-legged and Other PetsGriffith and Farran, (successors to Newbery and Harris,) corner of St. Paul's Churchyard, 1862 - Children's stories - 136 pages |
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... POLL PARROT NEDDY AND THE RIFLE DONKEY BUNNY , THE WILD RABBIT THE JACKDAW PRICKER , THE HEDGEHOG DRAKE , THE RETRIEVER TAWNEY , THE TERRIER . PUFFER , THE PIGEON DR . BATTIUS , THE BAT . THE CHOUGH THE KITTENS , BLACKY AND SNOWDROP ...
... POLL PARROT NEDDY AND THE RIFLE DONKEY BUNNY , THE WILD RABBIT THE JACKDAW PRICKER , THE HEDGEHOG DRAKE , THE RETRIEVER TAWNEY , THE TERRIER . PUFFER , THE PIGEON DR . BATTIUS , THE BAT . THE CHOUGH THE KITTENS , BLACKY AND SNOWDROP ...
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... , and seeing no protecting servant there , she seized our dear little pet , and soon destroyed him . When we returned home , there was nothing but the empty cage . 10 POLL PARROT . WE were staying for some months GOLDIE AND BROWNIE . 9.
... , and seeing no protecting servant there , she seized our dear little pet , and soon destroyed him . When we returned home , there was nothing but the empty cage . 10 POLL PARROT . WE were staying for some months GOLDIE AND BROWNIE . 9.
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Emma Davenport. 10 POLL PARROT . WE were staying for some months at a seaport town in France , many vessels used to come in from different parts of the world ; and I suppose the sailors brought with them all sorts of animals ... POLL PARROT •
Emma Davenport. 10 POLL PARROT . WE were staying for some months at a seaport town in France , many vessels used to come in from different parts of the world ; and I suppose the sailors brought with them all sorts of animals ... POLL PARROT •
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... Poll's cage being in an adjoining room , she heard her voice , and recognising it , she came down from her cage , and gave notice of her arrival at my sister's feet by her usual croak ; she flapped her wings , and gave every sign of ...
... Poll's cage being in an adjoining room , she heard her voice , and recognising it , she came down from her cage , and gave notice of her arrival at my sister's feet by her usual croak ; she flapped her wings , and gave every sign of ...
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... Poll any word or song , from the similarity of voice that she adopted . Her sleeping - place was for some time on the top of a chair- back in my sister's bedroom . When we were leaving the sitting - room to go upstairs at night , Poll ...
... Poll any word or song , from the similarity of voice that she adopted . Her sleeping - place was for some time on the top of a chair- back in my sister's bedroom . When we were leaving the sitting - room to go upstairs at night , Poll ...
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African Wanderers amusement Author basket beak beautiful bird bite Bluebeard Bunny bush cage carriage cellar Children cloth coloured Cornish Chough darted door Drake Engravings Fcap FINSBURY CIRCUS floor Frontispiece garden GILBERT gilt edges Goldie grass HARRISON WEIR head heard hedgehog History holes Illustrations by HARRISON Illustrations by JOHN jackdaws Jacky Jacky's JOHN ABSOLON JOHN GILBERT kitchen legs little creature little fellow live look Mamma morning morocco Neddy never nice night nose nursery Papa parrot Paul Blake peeped perched pigeons plain Poll pony poor little pretty Pricker rabbit ride Rifle donkey rolled round Royal 16mo Second Edition SHETLAND PONY sister Small 4to Snowdrop soon sort stairs Stories Super Royal Super Royal 16mo Super-royal 16mo tail Tawney things THOMAS HOOD thought took walk watch whilst window wings young
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