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... history ; and I think flowers often remind us of things that happened long ago and in other places when we see them again . Here , Granny , is the poor man's weather - glass , which I recollect finding year after year at Felixstowe , in ...
... history ; and I think flowers often remind us of things that happened long ago and in other places when we see them again . Here , Granny , is the poor man's weather - glass , which I recollect finding year after year at Felixstowe , in ...
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... history facts , whether they be of plants or animals , minerals , rocks , or stones , much depends on using your own eyes , and seeing for yourselves many things which will help you to know them again , and to make it easier day by day ...
... history facts , whether they be of plants or animals , minerals , rocks , or stones , much depends on using your own eyes , and seeing for yourselves many things which will help you to know them again , and to make it easier day by day ...
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... history the red and the white roses were the symbols of war and bloodshed . HENRY . - Yes , Granny , I was reading about the Wars of the Roses in my English History , and then I knew why you call the red rose your own flower , because ...
... history the red and the white roses were the symbols of war and bloodshed . HENRY . - Yes , Granny , I was reading about the Wars of the Roses in my English History , and then I knew why you call the red rose your own flower , because ...
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... history of poor Glaucus , after whom it was named . He was the son of the sea god Neptune , you know ; but he lived on the shore , and was very fond of fishing . day he laid all the fish he had caught on a neighbouring marsh , when to ...
... history of poor Glaucus , after whom it was named . He was the son of the sea god Neptune , you know ; but he lived on the shore , and was very fond of fishing . day he laid all the fish he had caught on a neighbouring marsh , when to ...
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... history of the hop , which was not always a British plant , but seems to have been brought here from Holland some hundreds of years ago , and is now quite a native . When it was first grown in England and its flowers were gathered and ...
... history of the hop , which was not always a British plant , but seems to have been brought here from Holland some hundreds of years ago , and is now quite a native . When it was first grown in England and its flowers were gathered and ...
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