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... heads , and the sha- dow of the old beech - tree was no larger round than the old beech - tree itself . Then they knew that it was noon - day , and they began to feel hungry , and people cannot be happy when they are hungry and have ...
... heads , and the sha- dow of the old beech - tree was no larger round than the old beech - tree itself . Then they knew that it was noon - day , and they began to feel hungry , and people cannot be happy when they are hungry and have ...
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... head was situated . There never was a dog fonder of fun than Bustle ; he would play all sorts of antics upon the most trifling occasion , turning head over heels , standing on his hind legs , scratching at the ground as if cakes by do ...
... head was situated . There never was a dog fonder of fun than Bustle ; he would play all sorts of antics upon the most trifling occasion , turning head over heels , standing on his hind legs , scratching at the ground as if cakes by do ...
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... head , she said , " I cannot see you , dear friend - I am blind ! " When Maud was about eight years old , it appeared to her parents to be the best course to send her to England , that her education might be attended to , as far as a ...
... head , she said , " I cannot see you , dear friend - I am blind ! " When Maud was about eight years old , it appeared to her parents to be the best course to send her to England , that her education might be attended to , as far as a ...
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... heads of the pins stood up so plainly from the smooth silk , that it was easy for Maud to find out and dis- tinguish between the shape of each letter by simply passing her fingers over them . Blind people , as is well known , from the ...
... heads of the pins stood up so plainly from the smooth silk , that it was easy for Maud to find out and dis- tinguish between the shape of each letter by simply passing her fingers over them . Blind people , as is well known , from the ...
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... heads . This came easy to her , and she associated each country in her mind with the shape of something that she was acquainted with ; fancying Africa to be like an immense ham , and Italy like a long boot , kicking Sicily away from it ...
... heads . This came easy to her , and she associated each country in her mind with the shape of something that she was acquainted with ; fancying Africa to be like an immense ham , and Italy like a long boot , kicking Sicily away from it ...
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