Magdalena, can scarcely conceive, how without interruption, at every instant of life, you may be tormented by insects flying in the air, and how the multitude of these little animals may render vast regions almost uninhabitable. Harry and Lucy: with Other Tales - Page 240by Maria Edgeworth - 1842Full view - About this book
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