Sylvie and Bruno

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Macmillan, 1890 - Fairies - 400 pages
A fantasy in which two little children meet adventure in such places as Dogland, Outland, and Elfland.
 

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Page 187 - He either fears ,his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all.
Page xxi - He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.
Page 120 - He thought he saw a Coach-and-Four That stood beside his bed : He looked again, and found it was A Bear without a Head. "Poor thing,
Page 162 - He thought he saw an Albatross That fluttered round the lamp: He looked again, and found it was A Penny-Postage-Stamp. "You'd best be getting home," he said: "The nights are very damp!
Page 104 - He thought he saw a Kangaroo That worked a coffee-mill: He looked again, and found it was A Vegetable-Pill. "Were I to swallow this," he said, "I should be very ill!
Page 270 - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Page 81 - He thought he saw a Rattlesnake That questioned him in Greek: He looked again, and found it was The Middle of Next Week. MODERN HUMOR "The one thing I regret," he said, "Is that it cannot speak!
Page 269 - Surely the Lord is in this place. This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Page 88 - He thought he saw a Banker's Clerk Descending from the 'bus: He looked again, and found it was A Hippopotamus. "If this should stay to dine," he said, "There won't be much for us!
Page 398 - I2mo, cloth, gilt, $1.50. This book is a reprint, with additions, of the comic portions of " Phantasmagoria, and other Poems," and of the " Hunting of the Snark." A TANGLED TALE. Reprinted from the Monthly Packet, with Illustrations. $1.50. ALICE'S ADVENTURES UNDERGROUND. Being a fac-simile of the original MS. Book, afterward developed into " Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

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