Stories about:- (by lady M.A. Barker). |
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... grass in pink silk boots . However , Nurse pro- nounced that we looked very nice indeed , and I tried hard to believe her , though I had great doubts on the subject . We were particularly told by her not to go off the smooth gravelled ...
... grass in pink silk boots . However , Nurse pro- nounced that we looked very nice indeed , and I tried hard to believe her , though I had great doubts on the subject . We were particularly told by her not to go off the smooth gravelled ...
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... grass ( so called because the seed was brought from Guinea , on the coast of Africa ) , of which the cows and horses were so fond . The chief reason Jessie and I begged for these rooms was , that the verandah and the adjoining trees ...
... grass ( so called because the seed was brought from Guinea , on the coast of Africa ) , of which the cows and horses were so fond . The chief reason Jessie and I begged for these rooms was , that the verandah and the adjoining trees ...
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... grass at her feet . These doves met , however , with a most tragical fate , and I must tell you all about it . Jessie always took their bamboo cage into her own room at dusk for greater security ; and one night , just after we had all ...
... grass at her feet . These doves met , however , with a most tragical fate , and I must tell you all about it . Jessie always took their bamboo cage into her own room at dusk for greater security ; and one night , just after we had all ...
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... without thinking I should hurt it in the least , I gave it a smart tap with my little riding whip . The snake shrank back , and I heard a heavy fall on the grass outside . Of course I immediately looked out of the 66 [ II STORIES ABOUT.
... without thinking I should hurt it in the least , I gave it a smart tap with my little riding whip . The snake shrank back , and I heard a heavy fall on the grass outside . Of course I immediately looked out of the 66 [ II STORIES ABOUT.
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... - cellent rider : but they all shared the fate of the groom , and were speedily deposited on the grass . By this time Granny had worked himself up into a G fury , and would hardly let any one approach him III ] 81 HORSES .
... - cellent rider : but they all shared the fate of the groom , and were speedily deposited on the grass . By this time Granny had worked himself up into a G fury , and would hardly let any one approach him III ] 81 HORSES .
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 200 - BETWEEN the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupations, That is known as the Children's Hour. I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet. From my study I see in the lamplight, Descending the broad hall stair, Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. A whisper, and then a silence : Yet I know by...
Página 65 - There is a very small snake, only two feet long, called the ' whip snake,' from its resemblance to the lash of a...
Página 157 - I will lift up mine eyes to the hills, From whence cometh my help; My help cometh from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.
Página 27 - But hark ! there is Nurse calling Effie ! It is bedtime, so run away ; And I must go back, or the others Will be wondering why I stay. XVIII. " So good night to my darling Effie ; Keep happy, sweetheart, and grow wise : — There's one kiss for her golden tresses, And two for her sleepy eyes.
Página 152 - ... enormous bounds carried him close to the buck, who stood for an instant as if paralysed, and then turned to fly; but it was too late ; a third spring with a howl of fury brought the cheetah on his back, with his teeth in the graceful neck which a moment before had held the antlered head up so proudly. I saw the buck drop on his knees, and the keeper rush up to secure the cheetah again before he should begin to tear the venison, and then I could see no more ; the gentlemen galloped off to the...
Página 100 - ... gorge and escape us for that night. Jack felt bound in honour to prevent this ; so he laid himself well out to his work, and with the most wonderful instinct availed himself of every inch of ground by which he could gain the entrance to the gorge before the mob. He not only succeeded in heading them, but actually turned them into the stock-yard close by ; and •when I recovered my presence of mind, I found myself still on Jack's back, who was standing across the open place where the slip-rail...
Página 139 - I looked at the horses,—they were all as white as if they had been powdered with flour; so were their syces; and the ' bheesties,' or watercarriers, were very busy filling the large goat-skins which serve them as water-jugs, to give every live thing which had been outside a good drink, and to wash the dust out of their eyes and ears. The camels had buried their noses in the sand, and did not appear to have suffered at all. I went that afternoon to the elephants...