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( Enter Snacks , bowing very obsequiously : Robin takes his hat off , and stands
staring at him . ) 12 I am very tired , Master Snacks : so I stopt to rest myself a 13
little . I hope you will excuse it . 14 I wonder what in the world he is grinning at .
( Enter Snacks , bowing very obsequiously : Robin takes his hat off , and stands
staring at him . ) 12 I am very tired , Master Snacks : so I stopt to rest myself a 13
little . I hope you will excuse it . 14 I wonder what in the world he is grinning at .
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8 The men started , and stood for a moment quite at a loss • They were taken , ”
says one , “ all a - back : " 10 " they were brought up , ” said another , " all
standing . ” The captain repeated : “ Now , my fine fellows , what do you say ? 11
Am I to ...
8 The men started , and stood for a moment quite at a loss • They were taken , ”
says one , “ all a - back : " 10 " they were brought up , ” said another , " all
standing . ” The captain repeated : “ Now , my fine fellows , what do you say ? 11
Am I to ...
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Churning day 13 came , and when my breakfast ( she always got nice breakfasts
) when that was swallowed , there stood the churn . I 14 got up , and standing a
few minutes , just to give her a chance , 15 put on my hat and walked out doors .
Churning day 13 came , and when my breakfast ( she always got nice breakfasts
) when that was swallowed , there stood the churn . I 14 got up , and standing a
few minutes , just to give her a chance , 15 put on my hat and walked out doors .
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I supposed that the cream standing so long had 30 got warm ; and so I redoubled
my efforts . Obstinate matter ; the afternoon wore away while I was churning . I 31
paused at last , from real exhaustion ; when she spoke for the first time : “ Come ...
I supposed that the cream standing so long had 30 got warm ; and so I redoubled
my efforts . Obstinate matter ; the afternoon wore away while I was churning . I 31
paused at last , from real exhaustion ; when she spoke for the first time : “ Come ...
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The Indian answered thus : “ The thief I know is a little man , by his having made
a pile of stones in oruer to reach the venison , from the height I hung it standing
on the ground : that he is an old man , I know by his short steps ; which I have ...
The Indian answered thus : “ The thief I know is a little man , by his having made
a pile of stones in oruer to reach the venison , from the height I hung it standing
on the ground : that he is an old man , I know by his short steps ; which I have ...
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| Title | Fourth Reader: For Common Schools and Academies Mandeville's series Part 4 of Series of school readers, Henry Mandeville |
| Author | Henry Mandeville |
| Publisher | D. Appleton & Company, 1851 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 25 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 264 pages |
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