Aunt Jenny's American PetsGriffith and Farran,successors to Newberry and Harris, corner of St. Paul's Churchyard, 1872 - Birds - 222 pages |
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... beautiful birds , which in America are as common as the sparrows and swallows and finches of our English streets and hedges , rather than read whole chapters about the way in which Duncan taught his little white mice to run up a ...
... beautiful birds , which in America are as common as the sparrows and swallows and finches of our English streets and hedges , rather than read whole chapters about the way in which Duncan taught his little white mice to run up a ...
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... beautiful State , and to recall the spring which she had spent there , and the pleasant rambles , when she and her friends used to sit upon a fallen log in the shady woods , and listen to the songs of the mocking - birds , and watch the ...
... beautiful State , and to recall the spring which she had spent there , and the pleasant rambles , when she and her friends used to sit upon a fallen log in the shady woods , and listen to the songs of the mocking - birds , and watch the ...
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... beautiful insect ! " I exclaimed , pointing it out to my companions . " That's a hum - bird ! " cried a little Florida girl , greatly amused at my ignorance ; for to her they were such every- day objects , that she thought we all should ...
... beautiful insect ! " I exclaimed , pointing it out to my companions . " That's a hum - bird ! " cried a little Florida girl , greatly amused at my ignorance ; for to her they were such every- day objects , that she thought we all should ...
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... beautiful little creatures , which were more like flies than birds , we saw them flit from flower to flower , pausing now at this one , then at that one , but ever in the air , hanging , as it were , or floating upon it ; their wings ...
... beautiful little creatures , which were more like flies than birds , we saw them flit from flower to flower , pausing now at this one , then at that one , but ever in the air , hanging , as it were , or floating upon it ; their wings ...
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Catherine Cooper Hopley. ' Oh , Aunty Jenny , it is so beautiful ! It is exactly like one of my dreams , when all sorts of beautiful colours seem flying all over me as if - as if But Duncan could not have patience to hear what Maggie's ...
Catherine Cooper Hopley. ' Oh , Aunty Jenny , it is so beautiful ! It is exactly like one of my dreams , when all sorts of beautiful colours seem flying all over me as if - as if But Duncan could not have patience to hear what Maggie's ...
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