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... thing I pray You'll give good heed- This good little Tom , Although so small , Was for his good temper Beloved by all . So each little child , If it only tries , May for its good temper Be loved likewise . B TOM THUMB.
... thing I pray You'll give good heed- This good little Tom , Although so small , Was for his good temper Beloved by all . So each little child , If it only tries , May for its good temper Be loved likewise . B TOM THUMB.
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... thing . At the end of the two - hundred- NOTE . It has been observed , that in flat and well - cultivated countries like England , stories of fairies take a simple and homely form , the fairies being kindly and helpful in matters of ...
... thing . At the end of the two - hundred- NOTE . It has been observed , that in flat and well - cultivated countries like England , stories of fairies take a simple and homely form , the fairies being kindly and helpful in matters of ...
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... thing ; for any boy , little or big , who does not play fairly or who takes what is not his own , deserves to be found out and punished , and , indeed , is sure to suffer sooner or later . Yet , his companions should not have been quite ...
... thing ; for any boy , little or big , who does not play fairly or who takes what is not his own , deserves to be found out and punished , and , indeed , is sure to suffer sooner or later . Yet , his companions should not have been quite ...
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... things they wanted . There was a great chair for the big bear to sit in , and a large porridge - pot from which he could eat his dinner , and a great bed , very strongly made , on which he laid himself to sleep at night . The middle ...
... things they wanted . There was a great chair for the big bear to sit in , and a large porridge - pot from which he could eat his dinner , and a great bed , very strongly made , on which he laid himself to sleep at night . The middle ...
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... thing more likely than another to rouse the anger of a little bear , and make him dance , and stamp , and scream with rage , it is having soap rubbed in his eye , especially yellow soap of a strong kind , with plenty of stinging power ...
... thing more likely than another to rouse the anger of a little bear , and make him dance , and stamp , and scream with rage , it is having soap rubbed in his eye , especially yellow soap of a strong kind , with plenty of stinging power ...
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Страница 415 - 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 414 - 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 413 - 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 414 - ... 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 427 - Having nothing to do at home, and being arrived at that happy age when a man can be idle with impunity, he took his place once more on the bench at the inn door, and was reverenced as one of the patriarchs of the village, and a chronicle of the old times
Страница 411 - 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 427 - He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived at Mr. Doolittle's hotel. He was observed, at first, to vary on some points every time he told it, which was, doubtless, owing to his having so recently awaked.
Страница 422 - 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 427 - Rip now resumed his old walks and habits ; he soon found many of his former cronies, though all rather the worse for the wear and tear of time; and preferred making friends among the rising generation, with whom he soon grew into great favor.
Страница 413 - ... 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.