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... beautiful it is ! Look , Beatrice , blue and red and yellow - I cannot count the colours . ' ' It is a rainbow , Miss Alice , ' said Mary . ' But what is a rainbow , and how does it come there ? ' ' You must ask your grandmamma when you ...
... beautiful it is ! Look , Beatrice , blue and red and yellow - I cannot count the colours . ' ' It is a rainbow , Miss Alice , ' said Mary . ' But what is a rainbow , and how does it come there ? ' ' You must ask your grandmamma when you ...
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... beautiful , grandmamma ! ' ' I cannot explain to you the reason why the rainbow appears , but I know that it is caused or made by the sun being reflected on the moist air . You know , Alice , what " reflected " means ; it is as when the ...
... beautiful , grandmamma ! ' ' I cannot explain to you the reason why the rainbow appears , but I know that it is caused or made by the sun being reflected on the moist air . You know , Alice , what " reflected " means ; it is as when the ...
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... beautiful rocks there . ' Alice and Beatrice made haste ; they were very much . pleased to go in a boat , for they had never been before on the sea . The little girls would have eaten no break- fast , unless grandmamma had told them ...
... beautiful rocks there . ' Alice and Beatrice made haste ; they were very much . pleased to go in a boat , for they had never been before on the sea . The little girls would have eaten no break- fast , unless grandmamma had told them ...
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... beautiful rocks ! I wish that grandmamma were here , she would like so much to see them . What is that large white piece further on - it goes so far into the sea ? ' ' That is Portland , a sort of island ; it is a long way off ; only to ...
... beautiful rocks ! I wish that grandmamma were here , she would like so much to see them . What is that large white piece further on - it goes so far into the sea ? ' ' That is Portland , a sort of island ; it is a long way off ; only to ...
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... beautiful , the grass green , the flowers gay , the sea wide , and the heavens high ; and we must never forget to thank God for everything , and for his care of us by day and by night . ' They sat down on the edge of the cliff and ...
... beautiful , the grass green , the flowers gay , the sea wide , and the heavens high ; and we must never forget to thank God for everything , and for his care of us by day and by night . ' They sat down on the edge of the cliff and ...
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