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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... piece of cut paper . The lamplighter had left off coming , and there was no blindman's holiday to look forward to , when Nurse Bream might be coaxed to tell a story . In spring time Nurse Bream was far too busy to allow any one to speak ...
... piece of cut paper . The lamplighter had left off coming , and there was no blindman's holiday to look forward to , when Nurse Bream might be coaxed to tell a story . In spring time Nurse Bream was far too busy to allow any one to speak ...
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... to pull the trap to pieces , and to carry the bricks as far from each other as she could , for fear any cruel boy should take it into his head to put it together again , and so catch a poor bird 26 THE HOLE IN THE WALL .
... to pull the trap to pieces , and to carry the bricks as far from each other as she could , for fear any cruel boy should take it into his head to put it together again , and so catch a poor bird 26 THE HOLE IN THE WALL .
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... pieces of broken pot that lay in the pit . " Oh , papa ! oh , mamma ! oh , Lucy ! oh , Stephen ! " she kept moaning to herself , in a little sorrowful voice , as she lay with her face half buried in the gravel . " I say , what's the ...
... pieces of broken pot that lay in the pit . " Oh , papa ! oh , mamma ! oh , Lucy ! oh , Stephen ! " she kept moaning to herself , in a little sorrowful voice , as she lay with her face half buried in the gravel . " I say , what's the ...
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... , broke it into several pieces , and made all the water run over the nice clean kitchen floor . Lawk - a - daisy - me . If ever I ever did see , " the old man said to himself ; and then he let 34 THE HOLE IN THE WALL .
... , broke it into several pieces , and made all the water run over the nice clean kitchen floor . Lawk - a - daisy - me . If ever I ever did see , " the old man said to himself ; and then he let 34 THE HOLE IN THE WALL .
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... pieces of the broken basin , and put them on the top shelf of a three - cornered cupboard behind the door ; then she took a mop from a corner and mopped up the water which Helen had spilled on the floor ; then she sat down on the arm of ...
... pieces of the broken basin , and put them on the top shelf of a three - cornered cupboard behind the door ; then she took a mop from a corner and mopped up the water which Helen had spilled on the floor ; then she sat down on the arm of ...
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