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For the rest of the next week — the last but one before the holidays began — Binswood Villa was a scene of endless bustle and confusion . The children enjoyed it all immensely , and rejoiced secretly at the little interruptions to the ...
For the rest of the next week — the last but one before the holidays began — Binswood Villa was a scene of endless bustle and confusion . The children enjoyed it all immensely , and rejoiced secretly at the little interruptions to the ...
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To us a holiday conveys the idea of rest , not restlessness . “ Then I should think holidays were superfluous things to you ! ” muttered the Ball , as he took an extra roll out into the room ; “ but what are we to do , then ?
To us a holiday conveys the idea of rest , not restlessness . “ Then I should think holidays were superfluous things to you ! ” muttered the Ball , as he took an extra roll out into the room ; “ but what are we to do , then ?
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... that in sheer terror and dread , the Ball threw himself gallantly into the gap , and promised to tell the first story himself , on condition that he should be allowed to roll softly about the room for the rest of the evening .
... that in sheer terror and dread , the Ball threw himself gallantly into the gap , and promised to tell the first story himself , on condition that he should be allowed to roll softly about the room for the rest of the evening .
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I am sure I may I speak for all the rest of our friends , ” said he , with a very solemn bow to each member of the party . The Toys , only too ready to enjoy the least variation of their long retired life , eagerly agreed , and the Ball ...
I am sure I may I speak for all the rest of our friends , ” said he , with a very solemn bow to each member of the party . The Toys , only too ready to enjoy the least variation of their long retired life , eagerly agreed , and the Ball ...
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After climbing up two stories , he sat down to rest awhile , to get breath to mount the last one . At last he wearily picked up the box , and , step by step , painfully went up to the door of the back room .
After climbing up two stories , he sat down to rest awhile , to get breath to mount the last one . At last he wearily picked up the box , and , step by step , painfully went up to the door of the back room .
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| Title | Tales of the Toys: Told by Themselves Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood Volume 246 of Tales of the toys, told by themselves, Frances Freeling Broderip |
| Author | Frances Freeling Broderip |
| Illustrated by | Tom Hood, Charles A. Ferrier |
| Publisher | Griffith and Farran, (Successors to Newbery and Harris), 1869 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 25 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 220 pages |
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