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... poor pets eat more and more each day , as they have done , we must get some small corn for them , as it is not right to cut a loaf for birds , when we see the poor want bread . Would you take a meal from a poor child to give it to a ...
... poor pets eat more and more each day , as they have done , we must get some small corn for them , as it is not right to cut a loaf for birds , when we see the poor want bread . Would you take a meal from a poor child to give it to a ...
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... poor birds , for whom he had so well got food , would soon fly off if he did not make haste to feed them , on which he ran to them with the food in his hand . When first they saw Har - ri - et , the birds flew with hope to get the ...
... poor birds , for whom he had so well got food , would soon fly off if he did not make haste to feed them , on which he ran to them with the food in his hand . When first they saw Har - ri - et , the birds flew with hope to get the ...
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... poor boys and 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 ...
... poor boys and 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 ...
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... poor ; keep in mind the ills which they have , and do not waste food , nor give to birds what is meant by God for man . " Har - ri - et said she would mind what her Ma said ; but Fred just then saw a large moth which had left its web ...
... poor ; keep in mind the ills which they have , and do not waste food , nor give to birds what is meant by God for man . " Har - ri - et said she would mind what her Ma said ; but Fred just then saw a large moth which had left its web ...
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... poor moth . " dark room . As soon as Fred found that he could not catch the moth , and not at the same time hurt it , he gave up the point , and told his Ma that he did not want to keep it , but to put it out of doors . " Well , " said ...
... poor moth . " dark room . As soon as Fred found that he could not catch the moth , and not at the same time hurt it , he gave up the point , and told his Ma that he did not want to keep it , but to put it out of doors . " Well , " said ...
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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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