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... hands free , popped her father's letter into her pocket . Not once did the unfortunate letter come into her head during her walk , and when she returned home with nurse to tea at six o'clock , her father and mother were gone out to ...
... hands free , popped her father's letter into her pocket . Not once did the unfortunate letter come into her head during her walk , and when she returned home with nurse to tea at six o'clock , her father and mother were gone out to ...
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... hands , and twirling herself round and round on one foot , while the plait of hair nurse had nearly finished came completely undone , and whirled wildly round with her . ' My dear child , ' said her mother laughing , ' who would believe ...
... hands , and twirling herself round and round on one foot , while the plait of hair nurse had nearly finished came completely undone , and whirled wildly round with her . ' My dear child , ' said her mother laughing , ' who would believe ...
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... hands a beautiful new workbox . ' Oh ! mamma , how lovely ! just the very thing I was wishing for too . Oh , why did you give it to me before my tiresome hair is finished . I must jump about , I am too joyful to stand still . ' ' There ...
... hands a beautiful new workbox . ' Oh ! mamma , how lovely ! just the very thing I was wishing for too . Oh , why did you give it to me before my tiresome hair is finished . I must jump about , I am too joyful to stand still . ' ' There ...
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... hand for the other , when she saw flying towards the bed of tulips a beautiful peacock butterfly . ' Oh ! what a beautiful butterfly ! ' she exclaimed . ' You happy little thing , you have nothing to do but to fly about from flower to ...
... hand for the other , when she saw flying towards the bed of tulips a beautiful peacock butterfly . ' Oh ! what a beautiful butterfly ! ' she exclaimed . ' You happy little thing , you have nothing to do but to fly about from flower to ...
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... hand . ' Thanks , my child ; thanks for that precious tear . Condemned by the Queen of the Fairies , as a punish- ment for selfishness , to take the form of a butterfly , nothing but a human tear could restore me to my proper shape for ...
... hand . ' Thanks , my child ; thanks for that precious tear . Condemned by the Queen of the Fairies , as a punish- ment for selfishness , to take the form of a butterfly , nothing but a human tear could restore me to my proper shape for ...
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ABSOLON Adventures Amy felt Amy's Apollo BARBARA HUTTON basket bird butterfly child Clara cloth elegant coloured companion creature danced dear delicious dressed Ellise Engravings exclaimed eyes Fairy Queen Fairyland fancy Fcap fear flowers forget Fourth Edition Frontispiece garden gates gentle gilt edges Hall of Light hand happy HARRISON WEIR head heard History Hubert Illustrations JOHN TIMBS kissing Lady Fritillary laughing leaf Lessons Lily Fay little fairies little girl lovely maids of honour mamma Miss Amy morocco mother naughty never nosegay nurse papa plain Poor Beauty Post 8vo pretty Price 6d rainbow replied Sylphina Royal 16mo Second Edition sing sister song sorry stars stop Stories suddenly Super-royal 16mo sweet tear tell thee there's Third Edition THOMAS DARNELL THOMAS HOOD thou thought toad TOM HOOD tone tree Trolls Venus voice whisper wings wish wonder young
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