A treasury of Pleasure books for young and old [ed. by J. Cundall].1851 |
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... shewed him a ring , saying , " I bought this yesterday to marry a maiden I have courted these seven long years , and this morning she is gone to church to wed another . " " Does she love you ? " " She has told me so a hundred times ...
... shewed him a ring , saying , " I bought this yesterday to marry a maiden I have courted these seven long years , and this morning she is gone to church to wed another . " " Does she love you ? " " She has told me so a hundred times ...
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... shewed his teeth ; but , splash , splash , the hound ran off , without troubling himself about this easy booty . " God be praised ! " sighed the little duck , " I am so ugly , that even the hound will not touch me . " And so he remained ...
... shewed his teeth ; but , splash , splash , the hound ran off , without troubling himself about this easy booty . " God be praised ! " sighed the little duck , " I am so ugly , that even the hound will not touch me . " And so he remained ...
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... shewed his teeth when Peter called to him . He went through the opening that was once closed by a door , and found all within so desolate and empty , that he staggered like a drunken man , as he went out by the back door , calling on ...
... shewed his teeth when Peter called to him . He went through the opening that was once closed by a door , and found all within so desolate and empty , that he staggered like a drunken man , as he went out by the back door , calling on ...
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... shewed that Marie knew why her father regretted the bowl- ing - green and the silent knights ; and as often as she spoke thus , Peter would laugh , and take one of his grandchildren on his knee , and pretend to think no more about ...
... shewed that Marie knew why her father regretted the bowl- ing - green and the silent knights ; and as often as she spoke thus , Peter would laugh , and take one of his grandchildren on his knee , and pretend to think no more about ...
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