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... clothing the little stranger as a fairy child should be dressed . The following verse , written by one of the fairies at the time , will show you how this was performed . The fairy verse tells us : An acorn hat he had for his crown ...
... clothing the little stranger as a fairy child should be dressed . The following verse , written by one of the fairies at the time , will show you how this was performed . The fairy verse tells us : An acorn hat he had for his crown ...
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... clothes an infinite pleasure , and a more than ordinary application , and have made some observations on it , which may not , I hope , prove unaccept- able to the public . . The design was undoubtedly to recom- mend virtue , and to show ...
... clothes an infinite pleasure , and a more than ordinary application , and have made some observations on it , which may not , I hope , prove unaccept- able to the public . . The design was undoubtedly to recom- mend virtue , and to show ...
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... clothes , and a good - sized mouse to ride on by way of a horse ; and some time after he was even admitted to the honour of knighthood , and became known in the land as Sir Thomas Thumb . He was very proud of this , you may be sure ...
... clothes , and a good - sized mouse to ride on by way of a horse ; and some time after he was even admitted to the honour of knighthood , and became known in the land as Sir Thomas Thumb . He was very proud of this , you may be sure ...
الصفحة 81
... cloth , loaded one of his asses with them , and prepared to return to the town . " Here will be a terrible thing to show to poor Cassim's wife , " he thought , as he mournfully made his preparations . " He would have done better to have ...
... cloth , loaded one of his asses with them , and prepared to return to the town . " Here will be a terrible thing to show to poor Cassim's wife , " he thought , as he mournfully made his preparations . " He would have done better to have ...
الصفحة 105
... clothes . Little John shot two or three of them , and the other men shot at them also , and the dogs flew at them and bit them ; but the friar and Robin thought it better to agree to be friends than that the noble men should be bitten ...
... clothes . Little John shot two or three of them , and the other men shot at them also , and the dogs flew at them and bit them ; but the friar and Robin thought it better to agree to be friends than that the noble men should be bitten ...
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Aladdin Ali Baba appeared asked Baba bean-stalk Beast Beauty BEETON'S began big bear brother Cassim castle child Cinderella cloth gilt cried Crown 8vo DALZIEL DALZIEL Brothers dancing daughter door dressed Edition Engravings eyes fairy fancy father Fcap forest friends full-page gave genie giant gilt edges gold GUSTAVE DORÉ hand Handsomely bound head heard Hood's Illustrated Jack kind King King Arthur lady lamp little bear Little John Little Red Riding little Silverhair lived looked loved magician Margery Marquis of Carabas Master merchant middle-sized bear Morgiana mother Mustapha never night once palace poor porridge pretty Prince Princess pudding Puss Puss in Boots Red Riding Hood Rip Van Winkle Robin Hood round sisters sleep soon stood story Sultan tell thing THOMAS HOOD thought told Tom Thumb took village walked wicked wife wolf wonderful young
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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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!
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.