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... creature I am become , with my shining evergreen leaves , and my round black berries ! Who can say I am not the most prosperous here ? Have I not grown into a tree ? " 66 Fie , fie , for shame , if not for modesty , " said the Hop ...
... creature I am become , with my shining evergreen leaves , and my round black berries ! Who can say I am not the most prosperous here ? Have I not grown into a tree ? " 66 Fie , fie , for shame , if not for modesty , " said the Hop ...
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... " look at that horrible creature on the bouquet . He will bite - he will sting ! Oh , kill him — kill him ! " " He is but vun vat you calls ear - veegs , " said Rosette , coolly transfixing him with the Gilt Pin . THE GILT PIN . 23.
... " look at that horrible creature on the bouquet . He will bite - he will sting ! Oh , kill him — kill him ! " " He is but vun vat you calls ear - veegs , " said Rosette , coolly transfixing him with the Gilt Pin . THE GILT PIN . 23.
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... creature with it , too . Do give me a common pin . " Poor gilt toy ! she almost fainted away in despair , and only awoke when Ma'amselle Rosette was putting the toilette - table in order , for her mistress's return . " I must go see my ...
... creature with it , too . Do give me a common pin . " Poor gilt toy ! she almost fainted away in despair , and only awoke when Ma'amselle Rosette was putting the toilette - table in order , for her mistress's return . " I must go see my ...
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... creature , who had always been a cheerful , docile daughter to her own parents , and who he thought , therefore , would be sure to be a good little loving housewife . And his choice proved a very prudent one ; for her sweetness of ...
... creature , who had always been a cheerful , docile daughter to her own parents , and who he thought , therefore , would be sure to be a good little loving housewife . And his choice proved a very prudent one ; for her sweetness of ...
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... creatures in the world , and little Mrs. Hempie was no exception to the rule . And the most awkward and greedy of the whole batch was the stranger . However many times the two parent birds might come to the nest laden with grubs or ...
... creatures in the world , and little Mrs. Hempie was no exception to the rule . And the most awkward and greedy of the whole batch was the stranger . However many times the two parent birds might come to the nest laden with grubs or ...
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