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... poor woman who had been ill . Their grandmamma's house was half - way up the hill , -you could see the sea through a narrow valley ; and opposite the house on the other side of the valley was another high hill , and behind that hill was ...
... poor woman who had been ill . Their grandmamma's house was half - way up the hill , -you could see the sea through a narrow valley ; and opposite the house on the other side of the valley was another high hill , and behind that hill was ...
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... poor cow or ox has been treated ill by naughty boys or cruel men , and frightened and made angry , it runs about ; sometimes people have been tossed and hurt . But , if you will treat a cow kindly , I am sure that it will never hurt you ...
... poor cow or ox has been treated ill by naughty boys or cruel men , and frightened and made angry , it runs about ; sometimes people have been tossed and hurt . But , if you will treat a cow kindly , I am sure that it will never hurt you ...
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... poor people in the village , very young children begin to help to earn their own bread . ' Before the little girls went home , they ran about on the green meadow , and gathered a handful of yellow cowslips and other wild - flowers ; but ...
... poor people in the village , very young children begin to help to earn their own bread . ' Before the little girls went home , they ran about on the green meadow , and gathered a handful of yellow cowslips and other wild - flowers ; but ...
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... poor tired bear stood up on his hind legs , and took the pole from the man's hand , and began to jump over it , but in a very clumsy manner . The man kept calling to him in a sing - song manner , pulling often with the chain , and ...
... poor tired bear stood up on his hind legs , and took the pole from the man's hand , and began to jump over it , but in a very clumsy manner . The man kept calling to him in a sing - song manner , pulling often with the chain , and ...
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... poor man black bread , grand- mamma ? ' asked Alice . ' In Russia the servants and common people all eat black bread ; the white bread which we eat here , is only made for the rich people there to eat ! ' ' But why is that , grandmamma ...
... poor man black bread , grand- mamma ? ' asked Alice . ' In Russia the servants and common people all eat black bread ; the white bread which we eat here , is only made for the rich people there to eat ! ' ' But why is that , grandmamma ...
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