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... TALES , " " FUNNY FABLES FOR LITTLE FOLKS , " ETC. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY HER BROTHER , THOMAS HOOD . LONDON : GRIFFITH AND FARRAN , SUCCESSORS TO NEWBERY AND HARRIS , CORNER OF ST . PAUL'S CHURCHYARD . MDCCCLXIII . 2527 . 285 LONDON ...
... TALES , " " FUNNY FABLES FOR LITTLE FOLKS , " ETC. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY HER BROTHER , THOMAS HOOD . LONDON : GRIFFITH AND FARRAN , SUCCESSORS TO NEWBERY AND HARRIS , CORNER OF ST . PAUL'S CHURCHYARD . MDCCCLXIII . 2527 . 285 LONDON ...
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... tales - the White Cat and Cinderella , and Blue - beard . People can't write such things now - a - days without turning the giants into steam - engines , and explaining all the wonders , as Mr. What ' s - his - name does his chemical ...
... tales - the White Cat and Cinderella , and Blue - beard . People can't write such things now - a - days without turning the giants into steam - engines , and explaining all the wonders , as Mr. What ' s - his - name does his chemical ...
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... tales and ballads . For she used to croon in the sweetest , trembling , pipe in the world , snatches of songs and ballads , like an aged blackbird . Those were such days to be sure not too often ; and therefore the more eagerly longed ...
... tales and ballads . For she used to croon in the sweetest , trembling , pipe in the world , snatches of songs and ballads , like an aged blackbird . Those were such days to be sure not too often ; and therefore the more eagerly longed ...
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... brilliant , and emerald hoop rings , and beguiled the time while that ambrosial pie was acquiring a delicate hue in the oven , by tale and song . Many of them are as lost to us as the departed generations of MY GRANDMOTHER . 7.
... brilliant , and emerald hoop rings , and beguiled the time while that ambrosial pie was acquiring a delicate hue in the oven , by tale and song . Many of them are as lost to us as the departed generations of MY GRANDMOTHER . 7.
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... tale , " for sailing his boat in her milk - pans , cos he couldn't get no water nowheres ! " Mina burst out laughing at this recital of Tommy's troubles , and that broke the charm , and the vision fled . She found herself still snugly ...
... tale , " for sailing his boat in her milk - pans , cos he couldn't get no water nowheres ! " Mina burst out laughing at this recital of Tommy's troubles , and that broke the charm , and the vision fled . She found herself still snugly ...
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