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... boy ! Procrustes ' bed was nothing to the shake - downs in store for you ; a small wooden box - that's all you'll get . Ah ! what a lunge . It's a splendid sca ; look at those waves . I'm afraid my Herr Professor there will have to ...
... boy ! Procrustes ' bed was nothing to the shake - downs in store for you ; a small wooden box - that's all you'll get . Ah ! what a lunge . It's a splendid sca ; look at those waves . I'm afraid my Herr Professor there will have to ...
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... boys , and some warm worsted socks which would admit a baby apiece after a little stretching . Will you have ' em ? " Papa now volunteered his services , and taking up one of the poor little drenched things , stripped off its wet ...
... boys , and some warm worsted socks which would admit a baby apiece after a little stretching . Will you have ' em ? " Papa now volunteered his services , and taking up one of the poor little drenched things , stripped off its wet ...
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... boys at Queen Elizabeth's school that the Dutch , Belgian , German , and Swiss are just as good as our- selves . Certainly we cannot boast to them about fine build- ings , handsome churches , useful manufactures , and lovely pictures ...
... boys at Queen Elizabeth's school that the Dutch , Belgian , German , and Swiss are just as good as our- selves . Certainly we cannot boast to them about fine build- ings , handsome churches , useful manufactures , and lovely pictures ...
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Matilda Betham-Edwards. boys , " cries papa ; we have only two hours in which to see all there is to be seen - Dutch women with wooden shoes , dykes , dams , dolls , and all . ” " I want to see the dolls and to buy a real Dutch cheese to ...
Matilda Betham-Edwards. boys , " cries papa ; we have only two hours in which to see all there is to be seen - Dutch women with wooden shoes , dykes , dams , dolls , and all . ” " I want to see the dolls and to buy a real Dutch cheese to ...
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... boy ? " " An author - to help us with our Rhine book , I mean . We are all to contribute , you know , and the book will appear before the public . " The very idea set Uncle John off laughing heartily . " Why , I think my man Jenkins ...
... boy ? " " An author - to help us with our Rhine book , I mean . We are all to contribute , you know , and the book will appear before the public . " The very idea set Uncle John off laughing heartily . " Why , I think my man Jenkins ...
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Page 29 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave; nor did there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven : The roof was fretted gold.
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