The adventures and experiences of Biddy Dorking, to which is added the story of the yellow frog, ed. [or rather written] by mrs. S.C. Hall1858 |
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... never heard , and for which she was con- sequently quite unprepared . I think you would like to know how this came about , and I should like to tell you.- When Biddy ( one of eleven ) was in her first chickenhood , she was an animated ...
... never heard , and for which she was con- sequently quite unprepared . I think you would like to know how this came about , and I should like to tell you.- When Biddy ( one of eleven ) was in her first chickenhood , she was an animated ...
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... that , Mother Dorking battered and beat poor Susey as if she had maimed her child for life . She never saw the little dog afterwards , even at a distance , without lowering her head , 2 THE ADVENTURES AND EXPERIENCES OF.
... that , Mother Dorking battered and beat poor Susey as if she had maimed her child for life . She never saw the little dog afterwards , even at a distance , without lowering her head , 2 THE ADVENTURES AND EXPERIENCES OF.
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... never regain the position she had lost . She could not bear to look at her poor toe ; and if it had not been for the accident of thrust- ing her foot amongst a large quantity of tow , that stanched the blood , she might have bled to ...
... never regain the position she had lost . She could not bear to look at her poor toe ; and if it had not been for the accident of thrust- ing her foot amongst a large quantity of tow , that stanched the blood , she might have bled to ...
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... never asso- ciated with any but her own family ; but now she fed with the giant strangers from China , the Shanghaes , with whom she had had no little curi- osity to converse , for their arrival had exiled the . Dorking from her native ...
... never asso- ciated with any but her own family ; but now she fed with the giant strangers from China , the Shanghaes , with whom she had had no little curi- osity to converse , for their arrival had exiled the . Dorking from her native ...
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... never before beheld more water than was contained in the earthenware pan from which she was accus- tomed to drink . Then there were great geese -which Biddy thought must be the swans of which she had heard , who sang songs before they ...
... never before beheld more water than was contained in the earthenware pan from which she was accus- tomed to drink . Then there were great geese -which Biddy thought must be the swans of which she had heard , who sang songs before they ...
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The Adventures And Experiences Of Biddy Dorking, To Which Is Added The Story ... Anna Maria Hall No preview available - 2019 |
The Adventures And Experiences Of Biddy Dorking, To Which Is Added The Story ... Anna Maria Hall No preview available - 2019 |
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admiration Adventures African Wanderers ALFRED CROWQUILL amusement ANIMALS Author Aylesbury Duck barley beauty BIDDY DORKING Biddy's birds bite bright brood bulrushes cackled called cloth coloured comely black crow conceited corncrake crawk creature croak crow's Crystal Palace Dame Turkey dancer in yellow DAVID STOW dear ducklings Earwig eggs Engravings exclaimed eyes Farmer Geeson fat frog Lived Fcap feathers foolish frog fowl Frontispiece GILBERT gilt edges HARRISON WEIR head History Illus Illustrated by H Illustrations by JOHN Jack Jenny JOHN ABSOLON JOHN GILBERT jolly fat frog Kitty lady laughing legs Lilly Aylesbury Lilly Duck look Magpie Mistress Biddy mother neighbour never plain pond Poor Biddy Quack replied river Brim river Swim Royal 16mo Second Edition Shanghaes shore Small 4to tadpoles tail thing thought tion toes trations vanity WEIR wonder worms yonder green hill young