Neptune; or, The autobiography of a Newfoundland dog, by the author of 'Tuppy'.1869 |
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... quiet tale , -some even be the better for my story ? Should I try ? Why not ? Reader , this is how the book came to be written . It rests with you to judge its merits . CHAPTER I. N my father's side I come of an. OF A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG . 3.
... quiet tale , -some even be the better for my story ? Should I try ? Why not ? Reader , this is how the book came to be written . It rests with you to judge its merits . CHAPTER I. N my father's side I come of an. OF A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG . 3.
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... quiet by my mistress's chair , and . had I not seen them take off their beautiful tails of hair , and lay them down by their side ! Well , if my mistress thought the tail which nature had given me was an ugly one , why did she not give ...
... quiet by my mistress's chair , and . had I not seen them take off their beautiful tails of hair , and lay them down by their side ! Well , if my mistress thought the tail which nature had given me was an ugly one , why did she not give ...
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... quietly in my far - off corner , while every bit of meat was in its place and undisturbed . ' Did I not tell you Neptune might be trusted ? Good dog ; good dog , come here ! ' It may be imagined I was not long in obey- ing the summons ...
... quietly in my far - off corner , while every bit of meat was in its place and undisturbed . ' Did I not tell you Neptune might be trusted ? Good dog ; good dog , come here ! ' It may be imagined I was not long in obey- ing the summons ...
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... quiet studies than they in all their scampering sight- seeing ! In respect of his enlarged experience , Conrad held himself very superior to me . Perhaps he was right . Let us give him the benefit of the doubt . But , as our ...
... quiet studies than they in all their scampering sight- seeing ! In respect of his enlarged experience , Conrad held himself very superior to me . Perhaps he was right . Let us give him the benefit of the doubt . But , as our ...
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... quietly along the road was to me a simple impossibility ; and so , whilst I bounded after every new object that caught my fancy , Conrad would walk with a grand , calm , quiet dignity by his master's side . I always noticed that it was ...
... quietly along the road was to me a simple impossibility ; and so , whilst I bounded after every new object that caught my fancy , Conrad would walk with a grand , calm , quiet dignity by his master's side . I always noticed that it was ...
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Neptune; Or, the Autobiography of a Newfoundland Dog, by the Author of 'tuppy' E Burrows No preview available - 2018 |
Neptune; Or, the Autobiography of a Newfoundland Dog, by the Author of 'Tuppy' E. Burrows No preview available - 2017 |
Neptune; Or, the Autobiography of a Newfoundland Dog, by the Author of 'tuppy' E Burrows No preview available - 2018 |
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ABSOLON Adventures afraid amusing BARBARA HUTTON barked better bone bounded Bow-wow-wow C. H. BENNETT cake cloth elegant Conrad Cousin Kate dear mistress dear old delighted door drawing-room ELWES Emily Engravings exclaimed eyes Fairy Fcap felt Fourth Edition Frontispiece GILBERT gilt edges growl hand happy HARRISON WEIR hear heard my mistress heart History HOOD Illustrations by JOHN Jane Jane's JOHN TIMBS jumped kennel kiss knew LADY learned lesson look lordship ma'am Miss Roscoe mistress say Neptune never NEWFOUNDLAND DOG once Phiz plain play Post 8vo Price 6d puppy Queen Victoria quiet Royal 16mo Second Edition seemed shore side Small 4to sofa soft sorry stick Stories struggle Super-royal 16mo sure tail tell Third Edition THOMAS DARNELL THOMAS HOOD thought told TOM HOOD tress voice walk whilst words wrong Young
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