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... mother that the biggest , most beautiful bird in the world , bluer than the sky , had come to their apple - tree . Their mother went to the door and looked out . The bird nodded to her kindly , and sang , " How d'ye do ? How d'ye do ...
... mother that the biggest , most beautiful bird in the world , bluer than the sky , had come to their apple - tree . Their mother went to the door and looked out . The bird nodded to her kindly , and sang , " How d'ye do ? How d'ye do ...
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... mother from the kitchen ; " I see your father crossing the fields , and supper is nearly ready . " The Kanter girls were almost always quite willing to help , so they ran in at once , laid the table - cloth , and began to bring the ...
... mother from the kitchen ; " I see your father crossing the fields , and supper is nearly ready . " The Kanter girls were almost always quite willing to help , so they ran in at once , laid the table - cloth , and began to bring the ...
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... Mother , just look at Janet ! " " I don't see her anywhere , " said the mother , glancing around . 66 But just see the cups and saucers ! " At that moment the tray was set upon the table , and there stood Janet laughing . 66 She's taken ...
... Mother , just look at Janet ! " " I don't see her anywhere , " said the mother , glancing around . 66 But just see the cups and saucers ! " At that moment the tray was set upon the table , and there stood Janet laughing . 66 She's taken ...
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... mother , " and they went to bed some time ago . Let's put him out of doors ! " " Oh , no ! we were only having a little good - night frolic ! " exclaimed Prue and Janet , suddenly ap- pearing on either side of their mother with a merry ...
... mother , " and they went to bed some time ago . Let's put him out of doors ! " " Oh , no ! we were only having a little good - night frolic ! " exclaimed Prue and Janet , suddenly ap- pearing on either side of their mother with a merry ...
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... Mother ! mother ! " screamed the gypsy girl , " the shoes and stockings are melting out of my hands . That was a witch , and she has gone into the air ! " In fact , the first thing Janet did when she be- came invisible was to snatch her ...
... Mother ! mother ! " screamed the gypsy girl , " the shoes and stockings are melting out of my hands . That was a witch , and she has gone into the air ! " In fact , the first thing Janet did when she be- came invisible was to snatch her ...
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Page 70 - SWING How do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the air so blue? Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing Ever a child can do! Up in the air and over the wall, Till I can see so wide, Rivers and trees and cattle and all Over the countryside — Till I look down on the garden green, Down on the roof so brown — Up in the air I go flying again, Up in the air and down!
Page 215 - MID pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home!
Page 121 - The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.
Page 39 - ... patience and care, And been good, and obliging, and kind, I lie on my pillow, and sleep away there, With a happy and peaceable mind. But, instead of all this, if it must be...
Page 121 - one half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Page 39 - Alas ! my journey, rugged and uneven, Through prickly moors or dusty ways must wind : But hearing thee, or others of thy kind, As full of gladness and as free of heaven, I, with my fate contented, will plod on, And hope for higher raptures, when life's day is done.
Page 30 - ... of dew ; My palfrey, never stopping, made a music sweetly blent With the leaves of autumn dropping all around me as I went ; And I heard the bells, grown fainter, far behind me peal and play, Fainter, fainter, fainter, fainter, till they...
Page 206 - And crossed himself, and knelt and cried, And kissed the holy Edelweiss, Believing that the fiends had tried To buy him with a price. The king rides fast, the king rides well; The summer hunts go loud and gay; The courtiers, who this tale can tell, Are getting old and gray. But still they say it was...
Page 23 - Across the wide green splendor, Creek swelling creek till all in one The marshes made surrender. And clear the flood of silver swung Between the brimming edges, And now the depths were dark, and now The boat slid o'er the sedges. And here a yellow sand-spit foamed Amid the great sea meadows, And here the slumberous waters gloomed Lucid in emerald shadows. While, in their friendly multitude Encamped along our quarter, The host of hay-cocks seemed to float With doubles in the water.
Page 70 - A brave old house ! a garden full of bees, Large dropping poppies, and queen hollyhocks, With butterflies for crowns — tree peonies And pinks and goldilocks.