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... stones and pebbles , —and a very refreshing sound it was upon such a day , making one feel cooler only to hear it . Altogether it was a very pleasant place ; and if I had been choosing a spot for a holiday excursion or a gipsy - party ...
... stones and pebbles , —and a very refreshing sound it was upon such a day , making one feel cooler only to hear it . Altogether it was a very pleasant place ; and if I had been choosing a spot for a holiday excursion or a gipsy - party ...
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... stone ? or if he ask a fish , will he give him a serpent ? If ye then , being evil , know how to give good gifts unto your children , how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him ? " " Ellen's ...
... stone ? or if he ask a fish , will he give him a serpent ? If ye then , being evil , know how to give good gifts unto your children , how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him ? " " Ellen's ...
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... than a huge wood , where anybody might go to gather sticks and winter fuel . She had seen one or two of the immense stones from which it took its name , but they were all gone now ; the wood had become a trim 36 MAUD SUMMERS .
... than a huge wood , where anybody might go to gather sticks and winter fuel . She had seen one or two of the immense stones from which it took its name , but they were all gone now ; the wood had become a trim 36 MAUD SUMMERS .
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... evening party on a large scale , and that these mushrooms had been brought there as seats for the tiny people . And when they picked up a little oblong stone , with -- small raised dots upon it ( a kind of fossil 38 MAUD SUMMERS .
... evening party on a large scale , and that these mushrooms had been brought there as seats for the tiny people . And when they picked up a little oblong stone , with -- small raised dots upon it ( a kind of fossil 38 MAUD SUMMERS .
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... stone , and fell flat down on my face , and just as I went down , the foot- steps went clatterin ' past , close to my ear it seemed , and then they dashed through the hedge , and into the little paddock on the other side . I screamed ...
... stone , and fell flat down on my face , and just as I went down , the foot- steps went clatterin ' past , close to my ear it seemed , and then they dashed through the hedge , and into the little paddock on the other side . I screamed ...
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