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... I could bear the whole of it , but this I am not fit to do , nor can I hope , with all my toil , to give them what they need ; so you must leave the nest in your turn to seek their food 2 HIS - TO - RY OF THE ROB - INS .
... I could bear the whole of it , but this I am not fit to do , nor can I hope , with all my toil , to give them what they need ; so you must leave the nest in your turn to seek their food 2 HIS - TO - RY OF THE ROB - INS .
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... hope to get the crumbs which this kind child had at most times to give them , and now they could not think why she should be so long . They hop round the front of the house , chirp and use all their arts to make her think of them ; and ...
... hope to get the crumbs which this kind child had at most times to give them , and now they could not think why she should be so long . They hop round the front of the house , chirp and use all their arts to make her think of them ; and ...
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... hope they might catch her eye , who with glad hearts took up the part meant for them , and in the mean - time the rest of the birds , when they got all that they came for , flew off , and they were left . Fred , with joy , says that his ...
... hope they might catch her eye , who with glad hearts took up the part meant for them , and in the mean - time the rest of the birds , when they got all that they came for , flew off , and they were left . Fred , with joy , says that his ...
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... hope that worms might be found for his young ones . CHAP - TER II . FRED was in great grief that the birds were gone , but Har - ri - et made him glad when she told him that his new pets , since they had found them so kind , might come ...
... hope that worms might be found for his young ones . CHAP - TER II . FRED was in great grief that the birds were gone , but Har - ri - et made him glad when she told him that his new pets , since they had found them so kind , might come ...
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... he , " let us see what kind of nurse I can make ; but a poor one , I fear . Hens do not at all times nurse well , but you have a good nurse in your Ma , for she is most kind , and I hope you will pay her 14 HIS - TO - RY OF THE ROB - INS .
... he , " let us see what kind of nurse I can make ; but a poor one , I fear . Hens do not at all times nurse well , but you have a good nurse in your Ma , for she is most kind , and I hope you will pay her 14 HIS - TO - RY OF THE ROB - INS .
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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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