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... heart's content , Miss Amy , while stupid old nurse goes about her business , ' said the nurse laughing . ' But you are not stupid , nurse , nor old neither ; and though you have wished me many happy returns of the day , you have never ...
... heart's content , Miss Amy , while stupid old nurse goes about her business , ' said the nurse laughing . ' But you are not stupid , nurse , nor old neither ; and though you have wished me many happy returns of the day , you have never ...
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... heart beat high with expectation and a little fear as the cloud began to float nearer to her . Sud- denly it all vanished , the rainbows were gone , and there was nothing to be seen but a dark heavy cloud that at that moment covered the ...
... heart beat high with expectation and a little fear as the cloud began to float nearer to her . Sud- denly it all vanished , the rainbows were gone , and there was nothing to be seen but a dark heavy cloud that at that moment covered the ...
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... heart , and for the moment she forgot she was a butterfly , she forgot she could not speak , as she led her brother and sister a merry dance over the beds and the lawn , and up and down the garden , till she herself grew tired , and ...
... heart , and for the moment she forgot she was a butterfly , she forgot she could not speak , as she led her brother and sister a merry dance over the beds and the lawn , and up and down the garden , till she herself grew tired , and ...
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... heart would break , she was so lonely . ' Oh , I wish I could make it quite tame , ' said Clara . ' I wish I could catch it , that's worth a hundred tamings , ' cried Hubert , darting forward net in hand , ' In thy troubles call on me ...
... heart would break , she was so lonely . ' Oh , I wish I could make it quite tame , ' said Clara . ' I wish I could catch it , that's worth a hundred tamings , ' cried Hubert , darting forward net in hand , ' In thy troubles call on me ...
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... heart , ' he continued , ' is ' I wonder what aristocratic means , ' thought Amy . I daresay it is something very nice ; long words generally mean pleasant things , like excursions and pantomimes . I won't ask him , lest he should think ...
... heart , ' he continued , ' is ' I wonder what aristocratic means , ' thought Amy . I daresay it is something very nice ; long words generally mean pleasant things , like excursions and pantomimes . I won't ask him , lest he should think ...
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ABSOLON Adventures Amy felt Amy's Apollo BARBARA HUTTON basket bird butterfly child Clara cloth elegant coloured companion creature danced dear delicious dressed Ellise Engravings exclaimed eyes Fairy Queen Fairyland fancy Fcap fear flowers forget Fourth Edition Frontispiece garden gates gentle gilt edges Hall of Light hand happy HARRISON WEIR head heard History Hubert Illustrations JOHN TIMBS kissing Lady Fritillary laughing leaf Lessons Lily Fay little fairies little girl lovely maids of honour mamma Miss Amy morocco mother naughty never nosegay nurse papa plain Poor Beauty Post 8vo pretty Price 6d rainbow replied Sylphina Royal 16mo Second Edition sing sister song sorry stars stop Stories suddenly Super-royal 16mo sweet tear tell thee there's Third Edition THOMAS DARNELL THOMAS HOOD thou thought toad TOM HOOD tone tree Trolls Venus voice whisper wings wish wonder young
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