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... colouring such as we then saw ; " and , after a pause , " Now run away , everybody , I intend to take my forenoon nap before encountering the fatigues of dressing . " 66 " Then , mamma , is it settled ? " said Edith , as she slipped ...
... colouring such as we then saw ; " and , after a pause , " Now run away , everybody , I intend to take my forenoon nap before encountering the fatigues of dressing . " 66 " Then , mamma , is it settled ? " said Edith , as she slipped ...
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... colouring , the birds were carolling exuberantly , shaking " from their little throats such floods of delirious music , " with here and there the soft , pealing note of the wood - pigeon , a monotone among chimes . High over head was ...
... colouring , the birds were carolling exuberantly , shaking " from their little throats such floods of delirious music , " with here and there the soft , pealing note of the wood - pigeon , a monotone among chimes . High over head was ...
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Lilias Graeme. something so bright , so intensely fresh and crisp in its colouring that the little girls stood vaguely still to watch . As they were drinking in its beauty even Gertie forebore to speak , but soon recovering from her ...
Lilias Graeme. something so bright , so intensely fresh and crisp in its colouring that the little girls stood vaguely still to watch . As they were drinking in its beauty even Gertie forebore to speak , but soon recovering from her ...
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... colouring , which was re- lieved by a chest and forelegs of spotless white . His face expressed the greatest intelligence and interest . He seemed to know that his little mistress was anticipating some pleasure , and threw himself ...
... colouring , which was re- lieved by a chest and forelegs of spotless white . His face expressed the greatest intelligence and interest . He seemed to know that his little mistress was anticipating some pleasure , and threw himself ...
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... coloured and delicate materials children wear in England ? Perhaps if you were once suitably provided you might go on more carefully . " Edith sighed and looked down she had thought Agnes ' dress homely on first arriving ; she now owned ...
... coloured and delicate materials children wear in England ? Perhaps if you were once suitably provided you might go on more carefully . " Edith sighed and looked down she had thought Agnes ' dress homely on first arriving ; she now owned ...
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Page 18 - Butler's Outline Maps, and Key, or GEOGRAPHICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL EXERCISES ; with a Set of Coloured Outline Maps, designed for the use of Young Persons. By the late WILLIAM BUTLER. Enlarged by the Author's Son, J.
Page 12 - Home Amusements: a Choice Collection of Riddles, Charades, Conundrums, Parlour Games, and Forfeits. How to Make Dolls' Furniture AND TO FURNISH A DOLL'S HOUSE.
Page 16 - THE AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD. 6. Life Underground; OR, DICK THE COLLIERY BOY. 7. Life on the Coast ; OR, THE LITTLE FISHER GIRL. 8. Adventures of Two Orphans in London. 9. Early Days on Board a Man- of- War.
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Page 102 - Where glistening streamers waved and danced, The wanderer's eye could barely view The summer heaven's delicious blue ; So wondrous wild, the whole might seem The scenery of a fairy dream.
Page 102 - With boughs that quaked at every breath, Grey birch and aspen wept beneath ; Aloft, the ash and warrior oak Cast anchor in the rifted rock ; And higher yet the pine-tree hung His shatter'd trunk, and frequent flung, Where seemed the cliffs to meet on high, His boughs athwart the narrowed sky.
Page 1 - OF OUR COUNTRY FOR THEIR TALENTS, VIRTUES, AND ACHIEVEMENTS. By WC TAYLOR, LL.D. Oak Staircase, (The) or THE STORIES OF LORD AND LADY DESMOND ; a Narrative of the Times of James II. By M. and C. LEE. Royal Umbrella (The). By MAJOR AFP HARCOURT, Author of " The Shakespeare Argosy,
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Page 11 - Upside Down : a Series of Amusing Pictures from Sketches by the late W. McCoNNELL, with Verses by THOMAS HOOD.
Page 257 - And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.