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... and large ; and having sewed up the leaves in the lining of his leather doublet , he set out with the messenger on his way to court . " G. GALLIEL 2 ки CHAPTER III . THE CHRISTMAS CUCKOO- ( continued ). THE CHRISTMAS CUCKOO . 27.
... and large ; and having sewed up the leaves in the lining of his leather doublet , he set out with the messenger on his way to court . " G. GALLIEL 2 ки CHAPTER III . THE CHRISTMAS CUCKOO- ( continued ). THE CHRISTMAS CUCKOO . 27.
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... doublet , which the palace servants thought remarkably mean . One day the king's attention being drawn to it by the chief page , his majesty inquired why Spare didn't give it to a beggar ? But the cobbler answered- 666 High and mighty ...
... doublet , which the palace servants thought remarkably mean . One day the king's attention being drawn to it by the chief page , his majesty inquired why Spare didn't give it to a beggar ? But the cobbler answered- 666 High and mighty ...
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... doublet which his page threw out of the window ; it's of no use , but I brought it to let you see I was not idle . ' And he tossed down Spare's doublet , with the merry leaves in it , which he had carried like a bundle on his little ...
... doublet which his page threw out of the window ; it's of no use , but I brought it to let you see I was not idle . ' And he tossed down Spare's doublet , with the merry leaves in it , which he had carried like a bundle on his little ...
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... doublet , but for it he was persuaded people would never remember that Spare had been a cobbler , and the page took a deal of pains to let him see how unfashionable it was at court ; but Spare answered Tinseltoes as he had done the king ...
... doublet , but for it he was persuaded people would never remember that Spare had been a cobbler , and the page took a deal of pains to let him see how unfashionable it was at court ; but Spare answered Tinseltoes as he had done the king ...
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... doublet over the sleeping cobbler for a jest , and went off to their hut in the heart of the forest . " The sun was going down when Scrub and Fair- feather awoke from dreaming that they had been made a lord and a lady , and sat clothed ...
... doublet over the sleeping cobbler for a jest , and went off to their hut in the heart of the forest . " The sun was going down when Scrub and Fair- feather awoke from dreaming that they had been made a lord and a lady , and sat clothed ...
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