Tales of wonder, of humour, and of sentiment, by Anne and Annabella Plumptre, Volume 2

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Page 28 - ... at the hill, and tore up it like nothing, so that the Princess hadn't even time to wish that he might get up the whole way. As soon as ever he reached the top, he took the third golden apple from the Princess's lap, and then turned his horse and rode down again.
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Page 217 - Bath, and the waters had some effect upon him ; but upon his return to the metropolis he was seized with a violent fever, which carried him off in a few days.
Page 110 - There was an expression in his eye that denoted any thing rather than composure of mind; and when he laid his hand upon the lock of the door to open it, a little observation might discover that there was an evident repugnance to what he was about. On this, however, I would not remark, because it was obvious to me that it would have given him pain ; and as I perceived no...
Page 354 - Entertainment from the Variety and Value of its Contents, but of the greatest Consequence in the Office of Education, by enlarging the Views of Youth, and facilitating the Labours of the Instructor.
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