Neptune; or, The autobiography of a Newfoundland dog, by the author of 'Tuppy'.1869 |
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... turned into a bite ; and though I should just as soon have thought of biting my- self as biting her , yet I quickly learned how to turn her terror to good account . It was a very different thing with Mrs. Ros- coe , my mistress's mother ...
... turned into a bite ; and though I should just as soon have thought of biting my- self as biting her , yet I quickly learned how to turn her terror to good account . It was a very different thing with Mrs. Ros- coe , my mistress's mother ...
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... turned my head . head . I began to think I was master of everything and every one around me , and that I had but to will a thing and that thing could be immediately ac- complished , and that I was at liberty to take what I could get ...
... turned my head . head . I began to think I was master of everything and every one around me , and that I had but to will a thing and that thing could be immediately ac- complished , and that I was at liberty to take what I could get ...
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... turning round with my prey , I was just on the point of trotting off to my kennel when Jane came into the larder . ' Oh Nep , Nep ! what have you got ? Put that down . Put that down . ' A slight push past her was my only answer . ' Nep ...
... turning round with my prey , I was just on the point of trotting off to my kennel when Jane came into the larder . ' Oh Nep , Nep ! what have you got ? Put that down . Put that down . ' A slight push past her was my only answer . ' Nep ...
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... bone down at Jane's feet , and tell her you are sorry . ' No , no ; that was too much . I dropped the bone , and , turning round , was for scampering off to my kennel . C ' Nep ! ' I turned . I tried hard OF A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG . 33.
... bone down at Jane's feet , and tell her you are sorry . ' No , no ; that was too much . I dropped the bone , and , turning round , was for scampering off to my kennel . C ' Nep ! ' I turned . I tried hard OF A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG . 33.
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mrs. E Burrows. ' Nep ! ' I turned . I tried hard to disobey ; but that voice was too powerful . Nep ! take up that bone . ' In spite of myself the bone was taken up . Now , Nep , take it to Jane and tell her you are sorry . ' ' Oh ...
mrs. E Burrows. ' Nep ! ' I turned . I tried hard to disobey ; but that voice was too powerful . Nep ! take up that bone . ' In spite of myself the bone was taken up . Now , Nep , take it to Jane and tell her you are sorry . ' ' Oh ...
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Neptune; Or, the Autobiography of a Newfoundland Dog, by the Author of 'tuppy' E Burrows No preview available - 2018 |
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