Little Nineteenth-century Child: And Other StoriesWilliam Mullen & Son, 1878 - 374 pages |
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... Séguin, Lisbeth Gooch Strahan (formerly Séguin.) Fox Fox .. she called , is that you ? ' " I am , " said the wolf , " that same animal of whom you have heard in the affecting . " Penelope Anne was certainly very much startled , and.
... Séguin, Lisbeth Gooch Strahan (formerly Séguin.) Fox Fox .. she called , is that you ? ' " I am , " said the wolf , " that same animal of whom you have heard in the affecting . " Penelope Anne was certainly very much startled , and.
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And Other Stories Lisbeth Gooch Séguin, Lisbeth Gooch Strahan (formerly Séguin.) " 1 " " Penelope Anne was certainly very much startled ,
And Other Stories Lisbeth Gooch Séguin, Lisbeth Gooch Strahan (formerly Séguin.) " 1 " " Penelope Anne was certainly very much startled ,
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... certainly very much startled , and the idea at once struck her , that the creature must have made its escape from the Zoological Gardens in London , which she had visited when she was staying with her cousins . " Oh ! ' she said in her ...
... certainly very much startled , and the idea at once struck her , that the creature must have made its escape from the Zoological Gardens in London , which she had visited when she was staying with her cousins . " Oh ! ' she said in her ...
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... Certainly I don't , ' said Penelope Anne . I have been better educated , I should hope , than to believe all I either see or hear . ' " Ah ! ' exclaimed the wolf with a scream of delight . And at the same moment there was a sort of gun ...
... Certainly I don't , ' said Penelope Anne . I have been better educated , I should hope , than to believe all I either see or hear . ' " Ah ! ' exclaimed the wolf with a scream of delight . And at the same moment there was a sort of gun ...
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... certainly do think , as you say , ' - though the fairy hadn't said it ' that the human race is improving . We are getting more clever than we used to be , and by the time we have properly instructed our papas and mammas , the world ...
... certainly do think , as you say , ' - though the fairy hadn't said it ' that the human race is improving . We are getting more clever than we used to be , and by the time we have properly instructed our papas and mammas , the world ...
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