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... bright shining eyes fixed thoughtfully on the fire . Now you must know that the princess had an old aunt who was a fairy ; and she had bestowed upon her niece the faculty of understanding the language of animals : a very amusing gift it ...
... bright shining eyes fixed thoughtfully on the fire . Now you must know that the princess had an old aunt who was a fairy ; and she had bestowed upon her niece the faculty of understanding the language of animals : a very amusing gift it ...
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... bright sun - and far , far away , many miles distant , rose high mountains , white and dreary , with pine - forests nodding on their summits . was very - very cold . It Now there were few things Friskarina liked better than a gambol in ...
... bright sun - and far , far away , many miles distant , rose high mountains , white and dreary , with pine - forests nodding on their summits . was very - very cold . It Now there were few things Friskarina liked better than a gambol in ...
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... bright , there were no candles in the room , and it was a very large one , so that the further extremity of it was rather dark . So she began looking round , for she could not imagine where the old cat could be gone to : at last , quite ...
... bright , there were no candles in the room , and it was a very large one , so that the further extremity of it was rather dark . So she began looking round , for she could not imagine where the old cat could be gone to : at last , quite ...
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... bright morning , not many days after the Fairy's visit , Friskarina was sitting , all by her- self , on the drawing - room window - seat , thinking over all the wonderful things that had happened , when suddenly she saw , flying past ...
... bright morning , not many days after the Fairy's visit , Friskarina was sitting , all by her- self , on the drawing - room window - seat , thinking over all the wonderful things that had happened , when suddenly she saw , flying past ...
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... bright evening , the magpie was perched upon a projecting bough of her oak , and the cat , who thought the cottage particularly dull that day , had come out for a little gossip . " Good evening ! " screamed the magpie , as soon as she ...
... bright evening , the magpie was perched upon a projecting bough of her oak , and the cat , who thought the cottage particularly dull that day , had come out for a little gossip . " Good evening ! " screamed the magpie , as soon as she ...
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ABSOLON African Wanderers asleep baron beautiful began birds bone breakfast bright buttered crumpets catch Catland Charlemagne cloth cold coloured Contenta cottage countess countess's cat Cousin Glumdalkin cream curled cushion dear dinner dish door drawing-room dreadfully Edition Engravings Ermengarde exclaimed eyes fairy Fcap fire flew floor Four beautiful Friskarina garden gilt edges going grand palace Grandmagnificolowsky HARRISON WEIR hearth History housekeeper hung Illustrations ISAAC TAYLOR jump kitten ladyship lived looked magpie maids of honour milk minutes mistress morning muddy water never nice night old lady palace peeped pheasants plain poor cat poor Tibb pretty princess QUEEN VICTORIA quietly replied round sate satin saucer seemed silver silver pheasants sitting Small 4to snow snug soft strange supper sure tail things thought took trees velvet Viper wall warm wasp window wish Wishie Wishie's wonderful wretched young
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