Cornertown Chronicles: New Legends of Old Lore. [With Illustrations.]Griffith and Farran, 1880 - 256 pages |
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... patroness of Cornertown - a commonplace - looking little old woman , who was usually dressed in red , and went by the name of the Fairy Rubinetta . However this may be , certain it is that Netta THE GOLDEN WEDDING , & C . 13.
... patroness of Cornertown - a commonplace - looking little old woman , who was usually dressed in red , and went by the name of the Fairy Rubinetta . However this may be , certain it is that Netta THE GOLDEN WEDDING , & C . 13.
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... woman was a fairy at all ; how should she when nobody had told her ? For it was one of the peculiarities of the good folks of Cornertown that they did not always tell their children that the place was under fairy dominion , so the ...
... woman was a fairy at all ; how should she when nobody had told her ? For it was one of the peculiarities of the good folks of Cornertown that they did not always tell their children that the place was under fairy dominion , so the ...
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... woman meant kindly by her , she nodded and smiled . And happening to look up at the same moment , she caught sight of the little old maid who was watching her from the attic window , and the smile went on to her like a dancing sunbeam ...
... woman meant kindly by her , she nodded and smiled . And happening to look up at the same moment , she caught sight of the little old maid who was watching her from the attic window , and the smile went on to her like a dancing sunbeam ...
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Kathleen Knox. Netta thought this must be a very peculiar old woman to speak so mysteriously ; but not thinking it polite to ask questions , she said nothing . " There is a secret in the Wonder Flower , " said the Fairy Rubinetta ...
Kathleen Knox. Netta thought this must be a very peculiar old woman to speak so mysteriously ; but not thinking it polite to ask questions , she said nothing . " There is a secret in the Wonder Flower , " said the Fairy Rubinetta ...
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... woman in red - I daresay you know her - that it was called the Wonder Flower , but I call them Love Flowers , since granny wore a wreath of them on her Golden Wedding - day . " The poor little old maid was in a dreadful quandary . She ...
... woman in red - I daresay you know her - that it was called the Wonder Flower , but I call them Love Flowers , since granny wore a wreath of them on her Golden Wedding - day . " The poor little old maid was in a dreadful quandary . She ...
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