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... father's thumb , and he never grew any bigger ; so that the ploughman some- times wished he had merely asked for a son without saying anything about the young gentleman's size - that he had not so particularly mentioned that the baby ...
... father's thumb , and he never grew any bigger ; so that the ploughman some- times wished he had merely asked for a son without saying anything about the young gentleman's size - that he had not so particularly mentioned that the baby ...
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... father expressed it , " to punch ' un . " But the ploughman need have been under no fear as to the punching process , for what Tommy lacked in size he made up for in rapid growth , for In four minutes he grew so fast That he became as ...
... father expressed it , " to punch ' un . " But the ploughman need have been under no fear as to the punching process , for what Tommy lacked in size he made up for in rapid growth , for In four minutes he grew so fast That he became as ...
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... father , though he admired the boy's spirit , did not care to bring him on quite so fast . To indulge the little man , however , his father told him he should be driver , and he made him a whip of a barley- straw to drive along the ...
... father , though he admired the boy's spirit , did not care to bring him on quite so fast . To indulge the little man , however , his father told him he should be driver , and he made him a whip of a barley- straw to drive along the ...
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... father's a king , and my mother's a queen , My little two sisters are dressed in green ; Stamping grass and parsley , Marigold leaves and daisies . " laughed ( and she was always laughing ) , her. And she would go singing all day long ...
... father's a king , and my mother's a queen , My little two sisters are dressed in green ; Stamping grass and parsley , Marigold leaves and daisies . " laughed ( and she was always laughing ) , her. And she would go singing all day long ...
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... father's house . In this he succeeded . Ali Baba , hearing of the intimacy which had sprung up between his son and the rich merchant , Cogia Houssain , invited the latter to sup with him . The invitation was the very thing the ...
... father's house . In this he succeeded . Ali Baba , hearing of the intimacy which had sprung up between his son and the rich merchant , Cogia Houssain , invited the latter to sup with him . The invitation was the very thing the ...
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Страница 417 - He was surprised to see any human being in this lonely and unfrequented place, but supposing it to be some one of the neighborhood in need of his assistance, he hastened down to yield it. On nearer approach he was still more surprised at the singularity of the stranger's appearance. He was a short square-built old fellow, with thick bushy hair, and a grizzled beard.
Страница 416 - thy mistress leads thee a dog's life of it; but never mind, my lad, whilst I live thou shalt never want a friend to stand by thee!
Страница 415 - Winkle, however, was one of those happy mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound.
Страница 416 - ... green knoll, covered with mountain herbage, that crowned the brow of a precipice. From an opening between the trees he could overlook all the lower country for many a mile of rich woodland. He saw at a distance the lordly Hudson, far, far below him, moving on its silent but majestic course, with the reflection of a purple cloud, or the sail of a lagging bark,* here and there sleeping on its glassy bosom, and at last losing itself in the blue highlands.
Страница 413 - When the weather is fair and settled, they are clothed in blue and purple, and print their bold outlines on the clear evening sky , but sometimes, when the rest of the landscape is cloudless, they will gather a hood of gray vapors about their summits, which, in the last rays of the setting sun, will glow and light up like a crown of glory.
Страница 424 - Rip was equally at a loss to comprehend the question; when a knowing, self-important old gentleman in a sharp cocked hat made his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and left with his elbows as he passed, and planting himself before Van Winkle, with one arm akimbo, the other resting on his cane, his keen eyes and sharp hat penetrating, as it were, into...
Страница 415 - ... and to do such little odd jobs as their less obliging husbands would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready to attend to anybody's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, he found it impossible. In fact, he declared it was of no use to work on his farm ; it was the most pestilent little piece of ground in the whole country ; everything about it went wrong, and would go wrong, in spite of him.