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... Fairies , ' has surely been gifted by them with the faculty of delighting children . " -Macmillan's Magazine . FAIRY THE LATE THOMAS HOOD . AIRY LAND ; or Recreation for the Rising Gene- ration . By the late Thomas and Jane Hood , & c ...
... Fairies , ' has surely been gifted by them with the faculty of delighting children . " -Macmillan's Magazine . FAIRY THE LATE THOMAS HOOD . AIRY LAND ; or Recreation for the Rising Gene- ration . By the late Thomas and Jane Hood , & c ...
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... fairy queen - by those same skilful and unwatched fingers , from a pretty new pattern that had been lent her : - over which her hands had travelled in the most curious way , detecting every bend and curve , and numbering the strands and ...
... fairy queen - by those same skilful and unwatched fingers , from a pretty new pattern that had been lent her : - over which her hands had travelled in the most curious way , detecting every bend and curve , and numbering the strands and ...
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... fairies came to the christenings of little princes and princesses , when birds spoke in human language , and pearls and diamonds were as plentiful as eggs , the events happened that I am going to narrate . The little island of Bogswamp ...
... fairies came to the christenings of little princes and princesses , when birds spoke in human language , and pearls and diamonds were as plentiful as eggs , the events happened that I am going to narrate . The little island of Bogswamp ...
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... I suppose I must introduce myself to you as the Fairy Queen Regnant of these realms . " Speckleback bowed to his very toes at this intelligence , which quite took away his breath for a 84 THE FROG THAT WENT A - WOOING .
... I suppose I must introduce myself to you as the Fairy Queen Regnant of these realms . " Speckleback bowed to his very toes at this intelligence , which quite took away his breath for a 84 THE FROG THAT WENT A - WOOING .
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... Fairy resumed- " We are about to journey on to our summer palace ; and if you will favour us with your society for a brief space , I hope , by the varied delights of my courtly circle , to induce you to make a long sojourn there ...
... Fairy resumed- " We are about to journey on to our summer palace ; and if you will favour us with your society for a brief space , I hope , by the varied delights of my courtly circle , to induce you to make a long sojourn there ...
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