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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... SWANLAND • · 1 17 44 60 MISS MIMINY PIMINY . 85 THE TWO BRIGHT PENNIES 116 THE CONCEITED WORM 131 THE FOUR FLIES 141 THE CITRON CAKE 153 TARTAR'S LITTLE MASTER 162 WILLIE'S DREAM 172 THE NURSERY WINDOW . " IT is blind - man's.
... SWANLAND • · 1 17 44 60 MISS MIMINY PIMINY . 85 THE TWO BRIGHT PENNIES 116 THE CONCEITED WORM 131 THE FOUR FLIES 141 THE CITRON CAKE 153 TARTAR'S LITTLE MASTER 162 WILLIE'S DREAM 172 THE NURSERY WINDOW . " IT is blind - man's.
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... penny books , bound in red , and blue , and yellow , and with a picture on the outside of every one . Helen was just tall enough to reach the tray , and though she thought the other things in the shop very pretty , she liked MISS MIMINY ...
... penny books , bound in red , and blue , and yellow , and with a picture on the outside of every one . Helen was just tall enough to reach the tray , and though she thought the other things in the shop very pretty , she liked MISS MIMINY ...
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... quite well , and I dare say none of us who went to Miss Stainton's school ever see a branch of pure white hawthorn now without thinking of her . " THE TWO BRIGHT PENNIES . THERE was one thing that I 2 MISS MIMINY PIMINY . 115.
... quite well , and I dare say none of us who went to Miss Stainton's school ever see a branch of pure white hawthorn now without thinking of her . " THE TWO BRIGHT PENNIES . THERE was one thing that I 2 MISS MIMINY PIMINY . 115.
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Annie Keary. THE TWO BRIGHT PENNIES . THERE was one thing that Aunt Helen was very particular about ; I will tell you what that was . She liked the little boys to whom she told so many stories in the evening to be very industrious ...
Annie Keary. THE TWO BRIGHT PENNIES . THERE was one thing that Aunt Helen was very particular about ; I will tell you what that was . She liked the little boys to whom she told so many stories in the evening to be very industrious ...
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... , and that is the day I am going to tell you a story about . It was a fine frosty January morning ; the sun shone into the schoolroom ; the fire burned brightly ; the birds in their gilt cages chirped merrily THE TWO BRIGHT PENNIES . 117.
... , and that is the day I am going to tell you a story about . It was a fine frosty January morning ; the sun shone into the schoolroom ; the fire burned brightly ; the birds in their gilt cages chirped merrily THE TWO BRIGHT PENNIES . 117.
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