A Christmas pudding for young eaters1883 |
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... round in a large easy - chair , with her little white woolly dog in her arms , and a large book of Fairy Tales on her knee , and then she thought herself quite happy . There you might have seen her one winter's evening when Mrs Grey was ...
... round in a large easy - chair , with her little white woolly dog in her arms , and a large book of Fairy Tales on her knee , and then she thought herself quite happy . There you might have seen her one winter's evening when Mrs Grey was ...
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... round , she saw that the carriage had stopped before two massive gates which shone like silver , flanked by stone towers . เ This is the gate of our principal city , ' the Queen ex- plained , as the gates were opened to admit the ...
... round , she saw that the carriage had stopped before two massive gates which shone like silver , flanked by stone towers . เ This is the gate of our principal city , ' the Queen ex- plained , as the gates were opened to admit the ...
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... round her , and would soon have forgotten where she was , but that she was reminded of her whereabouts by a picture in one of the books . The picture repre- sented fairies dancing on the grass in a moonlit scene A Crown of Roses , etc. I I.
... round her , and would soon have forgotten where she was , but that she was reminded of her whereabouts by a picture in one of the books . The picture repre- sented fairies dancing on the grass in a moonlit scene A Crown of Roses , etc. I I.
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... a small outlet almost too narrow for the tiny craft , and well nigh dark from the thickness of the boughs which arched it overhead . Soon the boat stopped , and Milly looked round for 12 A Christmas Pudding for Young Eaters .
... a small outlet almost too narrow for the tiny craft , and well nigh dark from the thickness of the boughs which arched it overhead . Soon the boat stopped , and Milly looked round for 12 A Christmas Pudding for Young Eaters .
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... round his neck , and forthwith there appeared a tiny archway in the mossy bank , leading into a narrow passage where shone a soft light like the lustre of a myriad glow - worms ' sheen . Milly followed her guide into the mysterious ...
... round his neck , and forthwith there appeared a tiny archway in the mossy bank , leading into a narrow passage where shone a soft light like the lustre of a myriad glow - worms ' sheen . Milly followed her guide into the mysterious ...
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