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... girl more than ten years old , the child of the Squire and his wife , whose house it was . Har - ri - et in great glee calls Fred to see the two birds , and he soon came to her . Fred was the son of the Squire , a fine , stout boy of ...
... girl more than ten years old , the child of the Squire and his wife , whose house it was . Har - ri - et in great glee calls Fred to see the two birds , and he soon came to her . Fred was the son of the Squire , a fine , stout boy of ...
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... girls , as tell you well as poor birds . " " Well , dear Ma , " said Fred , " I will but buy some coarse grain then . ” As he spoke the last words , the birds , as their meal was done , thought it best to go back to their nest ; the hen ...
... girls , as tell you well as poor birds . " " Well , dear Ma , " said Fred , " I will but buy some coarse grain then . ” As he spoke the last words , the birds , as their meal was done , thought it best to go back to their nest ; the hen ...
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... girls , they rose in good time , and had said their prayers , and made them clean , and took care to have their tasks well off by heart be - fore the first meal ; yet , as they had had a long walk the last night , they lay late in bed ...
... girls , they rose in good time , and had said their prayers , and made them clean , and took care to have their tasks well off by heart be - fore the first meal ; yet , as they had had a long walk the last night , they lay late in bed ...
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... look to you for food , take care not to give it false hopes ; and if you do not feed it with your own hands , get some one else to do it for you . " It is well that boys and girls should greet HIS - TO - RY OF THE ROB - INS . 21.
... look to you for food , take care not to give it false hopes ; and if you do not feed it with your own hands , get some one else to do it for you . " It is well that boys and girls should greet HIS - TO - RY OF THE ROB - INS . 21.
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... girls should greet their Pa and Ma each day when they see them ; this , Fred , you ought to have done to me when you saw me in the room , and not run on and cried , my birds ! my birds ! ' It would take you but a short time to have done ...
... girls should greet their Pa and Ma each day when they see them ; this , Fred , you ought to have done to me when you saw me in the room , and not run on and cried , my birds ! my birds ! ' It would take you but a short time to have done ...
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ABSOLON BARBARA HUTTON beasts Ben-son birds of prey boys and girls brood CHAP-TER cock coloured cried dear Dick Engravings eyes Fcap fear feed feel felt FINSBURY CIRCUS Flaps flew flight Fred and Har-ri-et Frontispiece gave gilt edges give glad grief grieve ground hand HARRISON WEIR heard heart hope hurt Illustrations JOHN TIMBS kill kind knew leave live Lu-cy mate meal mind nest nice old birds pain Pecks Phiz plain poor birds poor thing Post 8vo rest Royal 16mo safe Second Edition song soon stay Stories strange Super-royal 16mo sure sweet tale taught tell Third Edition THOMAS DARNELL THOMAS HOOD thought told TOM HOOD took tree Wil-son wings wish words worm young birds young friends young Red-breasts
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