Sunny Days, Or: A Month at the Great Stowe |
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... we came to a small river . This was very shallow , and there were large stepping - stones in it , on which we crossed , with great fun , for it was not at all easy . Syd pretended to help us over , and was really 34 SUNNY DAYS ; OR.
... we came to a small river . This was very shallow , and there were large stepping - stones in it , on which we crossed , with great fun , for it was not at all easy . Syd pretended to help us over , and was really 34 SUNNY DAYS ; OR.
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... river , looking on . ' There won't even be any water on the top of the Tor . ' ' I'll tell you what , Minnie , ' cried Syd , ' you shall stand up and cry into our cups till we've had enough , and then you may cry for yourself A MONTH AT ...
... river , looking on . ' There won't even be any water on the top of the Tor . ' ' I'll tell you what , Minnie , ' cried Syd , ' you shall stand up and cry into our cups till we've had enough , and then you may cry for yourself A MONTH AT ...
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... river . I was a gainer by that misfortune in one way , for it was tremen- dously heavy to carry before , and I filled my basket with ferns and flowers , as we scrambled up through the wood on the other side of the river . It was a ...
... river . I was a gainer by that misfortune in one way , for it was tremen- dously heavy to carry before , and I filled my basket with ferns and flowers , as we scrambled up through the wood on the other side of the river . It was a ...
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... river , from rock to rock ; not one water- fall , but fifty or more , one after another , over the great boulders which jutted out all the way down the water - course . We were wild with delight . We never saw anything so grand before ...
... river , from rock to rock ; not one water- fall , but fifty or more , one after another , over the great boulders which jutted out all the way down the water - course . We were wild with delight . We never saw anything so grand before ...
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... river ' the child of the water- fall , ' Tita said — which wound in and out among the meadows and woods . below the Great Stowe ; in some places it was only up to our ankles , and we could cross over with our shoes and stockings off ...
... river ' the child of the water- fall , ' Tita said — which wound in and out among the meadows and woods . below the Great Stowe ; in some places it was only up to our ankles , and we could cross over with our shoes and stockings off ...
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Adventures asked Aunt Gommie Aunt Gommie says Author BARBARA HUTTON basket Bessie Beverley Blanche Brown calf called chignon Children climb cloaks cloth elegant cockchafers coloured cried Syd cupboard darling papa dear delightful dinner Dollabella door Engravings Fairy fancy farm-yard Fcap flowers Fourth Edition frightened Frontispiece GILBERT gilt edges Goat's Tor Gommie's happy HARRISON WEIR heard hedge History HOOD horrid Joan JOHN TIMBS jump kitchen knew LADY laughing Lessons look Lord Falconer lovely Mabel milk moor morning never Newfoundland Dog nurse ourselves papa and mamma Phiz plain Post 8vo Price 6d Rose round Roundheads Royal 16mo scramble screamed Second Edition sewed Small 4to Stories Stowe Super-royal 16mo Syd's tell thing Third Edition THOMAS DARNELL THOMAS HOOD thought Tita's Tom HOOD took tree WALTER CRANE waterfall whispered wonder wood Young
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