A Treasury of Pleasure Books, for Young PeopleJoseph Cundall |
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... Leave him alone , " exclaimed his mother ; " he doesn't harm any one . " " Perhaps not , " answered the offending drake ; " but he is much too big for his age , and a beating will do him good . " The mother smoothed his ruffled feathers ...
... Leave him alone , " exclaimed his mother ; " he doesn't harm any one . " " Perhaps not , " answered the offending drake ; " but he is much too big for his age , and a beating will do him good . " The mother smoothed his ruffled feathers ...
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... leave to remain quietly lying amongst the reeds , and drinking a little marsh - water . Here he lay two whole days . Then came two wild geese , who by chance were ganders , and having just broken out of the egg - shell , were very pert ...
... leave to remain quietly lying amongst the reeds , and drinking a little marsh - water . Here he lay two whole days . Then came two wild geese , who by chance were ganders , and having just broken out of the egg - shell , were very pert ...
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... see him , than he was sure to be twitted with his ugliness . Autumn was now waning ; the leaves in the wood became yellow and brown , and being driven by the wind , danced about in mournful eddies ; the air THE UGLY LITTLE DUCK .
... see him , than he was sure to be twitted with his ugliness . Autumn was now waning ; the leaves in the wood became yellow and brown , and being driven by the wind , danced about in mournful eddies ; the air THE UGLY LITTLE DUCK .
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... leave to remain quietly lying amongst the reeds , and drinking a little marsh - water . Here he lay two whole days . Then came two wild geese , who by chance were ganders , and having just broken out of the egg - shell , were very pert ...
... leave to remain quietly lying amongst the reeds , and drinking a little marsh - water . Here he lay two whole days . Then came two wild geese , who by chance were ganders , and having just broken out of the egg - shell , were very pert ...
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... see him , than he was sure to be twitted with his ugliness . Autumn was now waning ; the leaves in the wood became yellow and brown , and being driven by the wind , danced about in mournful eddies ; the air THE UGLY LITTLE DUCK .
... see him , than he was sure to be twitted with his ugliness . Autumn was now waning ; the leaves in the wood became yellow and brown , and being driven by the wind , danced about in mournful eddies ; the air THE UGLY LITTLE DUCK .
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bargain beast beat dog beautiful began birds bite pig BLAKEMAN Bo-peep brother burn stick butcher churn COCK ROBIN Cocky-locky cried crumpled horn dance delighted door drake DRAWINGS BY HARRISON drink Ducky-daddles eggs exclaimed fat duck fawn flew gaed Ganderee goose Goosey Goosie-poosie hand HARRISON WEIR head heard Henny-penny home to-night horse house that Jack huntsmen Jack built JENNY WREN kill kill'd the rat kiss'd the maiden knife-grinder LITTLE BO-PEEP'S lump of gold maiden all forlorn malt marsh milk'd the cow morning New-York night OLD MOTHER HUBBARD old woman peasant Piep poor duckling PUBLISHED BY SHELDON queen quench fire Reynard ROBIN AND JENNY rope saying Simple Simon sister sky is falling stile stones swans swim tell the King thought took toss'd the dog ugly ugly duckling vanish at dawn wild geese witch's daughter worried the cat young duck