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... , and a very pretty girl of sixteen or seventeen . We engaged a boat , -there were three or four on hire , - and , placing a small basket containing our lunch in the stern , jumped in , and pulled across the lake A Day's Fishing . 35.
... , and a very pretty girl of sixteen or seventeen . We engaged a boat , -there were three or four on hire , - and , placing a small basket containing our lunch in the stern , jumped in , and pulled across the lake A Day's Fishing . 35.
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... girl with those louts ! I've half a mind to offer to escort her myself , ' said Denison . What do you say , Pat ? ' ' Hold your tongue , I've got a bite , ' replied Pat , intent on his float . ' Or a weed , ' muttered Bankes . ' Now Pat ...
... girl with those louts ! I've half a mind to offer to escort her myself , ' said Denison . What do you say , Pat ? ' ' Hold your tongue , I've got a bite , ' replied Pat , intent on his float . ' Or a weed , ' muttered Bankes . ' Now Pat ...
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... girl is rather like Coal - box , ' remarked Pat . shouldn't wonder if she is his sister . ' ' He must be a fool to introduce his people to such a snob as O'Leary , ' said Bankes . ' How you hate that fellow ! ' said Denison ...
... girl is rather like Coal - box , ' remarked Pat . shouldn't wonder if she is his sister . ' ' He must be a fool to introduce his people to such a snob as O'Leary , ' said Bankes . ' How you hate that fellow ! ' said Denison ...
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... girl , but deliberately left her to take care of herself , whilst they struck out towards our boat . ' Well , I'm hanged ! ' cried Bankes . The miserable curs ! ' ' Now to distinguish myself , ' muttered Pat Hughes , kicking off his ...
... girl , but deliberately left her to take care of herself , whilst they struck out towards our boat . ' Well , I'm hanged ! ' cried Bankes . The miserable curs ! ' ' Now to distinguish myself , ' muttered Pat Hughes , kicking off his ...
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... girl gave a despairing cry , and appeared to lose all presence of mind ; for although their boat was floating bottom upper- most , and the sculls were well within her reach , she made no attempt to support herself by clinging to either ...
... girl gave a despairing cry , and appeared to lose all presence of mind ; for although their boat was floating bottom upper- most , and the sculls were well within her reach , she made no attempt to support herself by clinging to either ...
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Page 27 - THE AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD. 6. Life Underground; OR, DICK THE COLLIERY BOY. 7. Life on the Coast ; OR, THE LITTLE FISHER GIRL. 8. Adventures of Two Orphans in London. 9. Early Days on Board a Man-of-War. 10. Walter, the Foundling : A TALE OF OLDEN TIMES. 11. The Tenants of Sunnyside Farm. 12. Holmwood: OR, THE NEW ZEALAND SETTLER.
Page 13 - Lee (Mrs.) Anecdotes of the Habits and Instincts of Animals. „ Anecdotes of the Habits and Instincts of Birds, Reptiles, and Fishes. „ Adventures in Australia, or THE WANDERINGS OF CAPTAIN SPENCER IN THE BUSH AND THE WILDS.
Page 10 - Stories from the Old and New Testaments. By the Rev. BH DRAPER. With 48 Engravings. Trimmer's History of the Robins. Written for the Instruction of Children on their treatment of Animals. With 24 Illustrations by HARRISON WEIR.
Page 220 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast; no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame; nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Page 10 - Extraordinary Nursery Rhymes ; New, yet Old. Translated from the Original Jingle into Comic Verse by One who was once a Child. 60 Illustrations. Small 4to. Favourite Picture Book (The) and Nursery Companion. Compiled anew by UNCLE CHARLIE. With 450 Illustrations by ABSOLON, ANELAY, BENNETT, BROWNE (Pniz), Sm JOHN GILBERT, T.
Page 15 - Mamma's Lessons. For her Little Boys and Girls. Thirteenth Edition, with eight Engravings. Price 2s. 6rf. cloth; 3s. 6d. coloured, gilt edges. The Mine; Or, Subterranean Wonders. An Account of the Operations of the Miner and the Products of his Labours; with a Description of the most important in all parts of the World.
Page 18 - Nautilus. The Log of the Voyage by Captain WILLIAM A. ANDREWS, with Introduction and Notes by Dr. MACAULAY, Editor of the Boy's Own Paper. Hilda and Her Doll. By EC PHILLIPS, Author of "Bunchy,
Page 133 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But, oh ! she dances such a way— No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.
Page 24 - MEANWELL IN RHYME. Fully Illustrated, cloth. Hand Shadows, to be thrown upon the Wall. Novel and amusing figures formed by the hand. By HENRY BURSILL.
Page 25 - The Young Vocalist : a Collection of Twelve Songs, each with an Accompaniment for the Pianoforte, selected from Mozart, Weber, Mendelssohn, Spohr, etc.