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... tone , ' for you know I can't bear playing alone . ' ' You shall do as you like about it , my dear child ; but have you forgotten that I was to trust you to - day with something to do for me ? ' ' Oh no ! ' said Amy , ' what is it ...
... tone , ' for you know I can't bear playing alone . ' ' You shall do as you like about it , my dear child ; but have you forgotten that I was to trust you to - day with something to do for me ? ' ' Oh no ! ' said Amy , ' what is it ...
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... tones drowned the gentle voice of the fairy . Amy tried to call out ' Hush , Hubert , listen , ' but the words died away in the quivering of her wings . She strained her ears to hear , but only a word here and there could she catch ...
... tones drowned the gentle voice of the fairy . Amy tried to call out ' Hush , Hubert , listen , ' but the words died away in the quivering of her wings . She strained her ears to hear , but only a word here and there could she catch ...
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... tones sweeter than the nightingale came the words— ' Welcome , welcome , dearest sister , Welcome back to our happy band , Swiftly we meet thee , Joyfully greet thee , And bear thee away to sweet Fairy Land . ' On a distant hill a ...
... tones sweeter than the nightingale came the words— ' Welcome , welcome , dearest sister , Welcome back to our happy band , Swiftly we meet thee , Joyfully greet thee , And bear thee away to sweet Fairy Land . ' On a distant hill a ...
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... tones of their mother's voice , as she came up unperceived by the excited little hunters , ' what have you been doing ? ' ' Oh , mamma , look , ' replied Hubert , ' it is the loveliest butterfly , and I almost caught it a minute ago ...
... tones of their mother's voice , as she came up unperceived by the excited little hunters , ' what have you been doing ? ' ' Oh , mamma , look , ' replied Hubert , ' it is the loveliest butterfly , and I almost caught it a minute ago ...
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... tones of the waving birch leaves , the grave sonorous responses of the oaks , and the mysterious whispers of the elms mingling in sweetest harmony , varied by the dancing voice of the river frolicking saucily over the stones ...
... tones of the waving birch leaves , the grave sonorous responses of the oaks , and the mysterious whispers of the elms mingling in sweetest harmony , varied by the dancing voice of the river frolicking saucily over the stones ...
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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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