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... FLOWERS 99 THE FATAL EFFECTS OF CURIOSITY 117 THE LITTLE ARCHITECTS 128 · THE GREAT REFORMER 138 THE ILL - TEMPERED WEATHERCOCK 152 THE WAR AMONG THE TOYS THE TOUR OF A SUNBEAM . 161 168 25 TINY TADPOLE , And other Tales . THE TRAGIC.
... FLOWERS 99 THE FATAL EFFECTS OF CURIOSITY 117 THE LITTLE ARCHITECTS 128 · THE GREAT REFORMER 138 THE ILL - TEMPERED WEATHERCOCK 152 THE WAR AMONG THE TOYS THE TOUR OF A SUNBEAM . 161 168 25 TINY TADPOLE , And other Tales . THE TRAGIC.
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... clay was buried from her eyes , she tended its grave , and planted fragrant flowers and shrubs around it . She was but a poor woman , and had no gold or silver , or · costly marble , to mark the spot where her AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A BASKET .
... clay was buried from her eyes , she tended its grave , and planted fragrant flowers and shrubs around it . She was but a poor woman , and had no gold or silver , or · costly marble , to mark the spot where her AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A BASKET .
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... flower and fruit , sent up from the roots below a graceful plant , called an acanthus , with deeply indented leaves and elegant growth . This sprang up around the basket and the tile , and was so graceful and lovely , like all things in ...
... flower and fruit , sent up from the roots below a graceful plant , called an acanthus , with deeply indented leaves and elegant growth . This sprang up around the basket and the tile , and was so graceful and lovely , like all things in ...
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... flowers and fruit , is as though he were not . To her , the night , with all its myriad of gleaming stars and its pale pretty moon ; and the day with its pink and gold sunrise and purple sunset , were unknown . The birds of earth she ...
... flowers and fruit , is as though he were not . To her , the night , with all its myriad of gleaming stars and its pale pretty moon ; and the day with its pink and gold sunrise and purple sunset , were unknown . The birds of earth she ...
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... flowers , and the beautiful sights of this fair green world - do you ever remember that God has given you all these many blessings , and praise Him for them ? What use would all the wonders of this lovely world— lovely and admirable in ...
... flowers , and the beautiful sights of this fair green world - do you ever remember that God has given you all these many blessings , and praise Him for them ? What use would all the wonders of this lovely world— lovely and admirable in ...
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