Blind man's holiday; or, Short tales for the nursery, by the author of 'Mia and Charlie'.Griffith and Farran, successors to Newbery & Harris, 1860 - 214 pages |
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... began to be dusk , before the lamplighter came , Helen saw a little woman pass by the area gate . She looked so little from the height at which Helen stood , that she might have been a child herself ; but she was not a child , for she ...
... began to be dusk , before the lamplighter came , Helen saw a little woman pass by the area gate . She looked so little from the height at which Helen stood , that she might have been a child herself ; but she was not a child , for she ...
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... began to talk to Stephen about the little woman , she felt almost frightened , it seemed such a very important question . They were alone in the nursery , and it was blind - man's holiday , for the candles were not lit , and the fire ...
... began to talk to Stephen about the little woman , she felt almost frightened , it seemed such a very important question . They were alone in the nursery , and it was blind - man's holiday , for the candles were not lit , and the fire ...
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... began to climb . " Steep steps cut in a rock , " said Stephen ; and Helen would have been quite sure that it was so , if it had not felt so very like climbing up the short ladder in the back yard , that led on to the coal - house roof ...
... began to climb . " Steep steps cut in a rock , " said Stephen ; and Helen would have been quite sure that it was so , if it had not felt so very like climbing up the short ladder in the back yard , that led on to the coal - house roof ...
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... began to speak her mamma shook her head , and told her that she must not talk on any account ; and so it was for many weeks , whenever Helen said a word about Mrs. Calkill , or fairy gardens , or steps cut in the rock , the people about ...
... began to speak her mamma shook her head , and told her that she must not talk on any account ; and so it was for many weeks , whenever Helen said a word about Mrs. Calkill , or fairy gardens , or steps cut in the rock , the people about ...
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... began to listen to what her father and Mary were talking about . It was not about magic or fairyland ; it was about very common things about sick people whom little Mary had nursed , and people in trouble whom she had helped , and ...
... began to listen to what her father and Mary were talking about . It was not about magic or fairyland ; it was about very common things about sick people whom little Mary had nursed , and people in trouble whom she had helped , and ...
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