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... doubt the old man was right in what he said . There was the Giant's Chamber , or Cave as some people called it , or the Dungeon as others did , in the great rocky cliffs of the Crag Wood . Then there was Beanley Bank ; and on the other ...
... doubt the old man was right in what he said . There was the Giant's Chamber , or Cave as some people called it , or the Dungeon as others did , in the great rocky cliffs of the Crag Wood . Then there was Beanley Bank ; and on the other ...
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... doubt it would puzzle a very clever person , much cleverer than you and I are , to find a hole in the rocks there now very much bigger than a fox might want to creep into . It is a fact , however , that the foxes do creep into a hole ...
... doubt it would puzzle a very clever person , much cleverer than you and I are , to find a hole in the rocks there now very much bigger than a fox might want to creep into . It is a fact , however , that the foxes do creep into a hole ...
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... doubt ; but you don't see gaping cracks among them , and fresh , raw , yellow surfaces , and broken trees , and large sheets of turf torn up , and the crushed - up lumps of stone , and the coarse yellow sand and gravel , and hundreds of ...
... doubt ; but you don't see gaping cracks among them , and fresh , raw , yellow surfaces , and broken trees , and large sheets of turf torn up , and the crushed - up lumps of stone , and the coarse yellow sand and gravel , and hundreds of ...
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... doubt that Jack fancied he had , or might have , some sort of a hoard somewhere . And he was about sure also that it was stored up in the very deepest part of the hole he had hid in when he was going to try and catch the eye before it ...
... doubt that Jack fancied he had , or might have , some sort of a hoard somewhere . And he was about sure also that it was stored up in the very deepest part of the hole he had hid in when he was going to try and catch the eye before it ...
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... doubt it was a pearl . Well , there was another one in the same lot of mus- sels , only not half as big as the first . And he saw , moreover , that the Giant cleaned both of them up , and took them into the cave , and came out again ...
... doubt it was a pearl . Well , there was another one in the same lot of mus- sels , only not half as big as the first . And he saw , moreover , that the Giant cleaned both of them up , and took them into the cave , and came out again ...
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2nd Edit 3rd Edit 4th Edit Arncliff Baron Beanley began Bishop BOOK called Castle cave CHEMISTRY CHURCH CHURCH OF ENGLAND Church-grim Goat course Crag dale Danby Dean CHURCH dread E. A. FREEMAN ELEMENTARY ENGLISH Erne ESSAYS F. D. MAURICE Freeburgh Fryup Globe 8vo Goathland GREEK hand Hart Leap head heard HISTORY hole horse hounds hunt Illustrated J. A. SYMONDS Jack the Giant-crusher Jack's knew Lectures Little Jack Little Lady Red lived look lord maiden matter MAURICE never night old Grizzly once parish pigs pits POLITICAL PRIMER Prof Raven remember rock Round Hill rushing seemed seen SERMONS side Sir Jack sort Staff stick stone story strange sure tell terrible thing thought tion told Translated tree vols Westerdale Whorle Hill Willy wolf Wolfwald wolves wonderful Worm yards
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