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... round Tom's neck as almost to strangle that unlucky young gentleman . Look at the picture , and you will see him with his hair standing on end , and his mouth open , and his eyes starting almost out of his head with fright . But the boy ...
... round Tom's neck as almost to strangle that unlucky young gentleman . Look at the picture , and you will see him with his hair standing on end , and his mouth open , and his eyes starting almost out of his head with fright . But the boy ...
الصفحة 10
... round and round , in the idea that he was something in the nature of a lump of suet ( for , as I have said , Tom , being covered with the batter , could not be seen ) , wondered what caused her pudding to seem to be dancing a reel at a ...
... round and round , in the idea that he was something in the nature of a lump of suet ( for , as I have said , Tom , being covered with the batter , could not be seen ) , wondered what caused her pudding to seem to be dancing a reel at a ...
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... round him in a very alarming manner . Tom began to cry out with fright when he saw where he was , and roared at the top of his little voice for his mother . " Where are you , my dear son - my own Tommy ? " cried the good woman , in ...
... round him in a very alarming manner . Tom began to cry out with fright when he saw where he was , and roared at the top of his little voice for his mother . " Where are you , my dear son - my own Tommy ? " cried the good woman , in ...
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... , as I said , little Tom was glancing sharply round , thinking how he might circumvent the King's guards ; so seeing this large mouth standing conveniently wide open , with a sudden bound Tom sprang down. 23 TOM THUMB . H K BROWNE.
... , as I said , little Tom was glancing sharply round , thinking how he might circumvent the King's guards ; so seeing this large mouth standing conveniently wide open , with a sudden bound Tom sprang down. 23 TOM THUMB . H K BROWNE.
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... round and drew his sword , and for the next quarter of an hour was employed fighting valiantly against an immense spider . The combat was long and doubtful ; at last the spider , having had five of his legs cut off , turned on his back ...
... round and drew his sword , and for the next quarter of an hour was employed fighting valiantly against an immense spider . The combat was long and doubtful ; at last the spider , having had five of his legs cut off , turned on his back ...
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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.