The Travelling MenagerieStrahan, 1873 - 165 стор. |
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... course the Lion King was braver in risking a danger that he was well aware of , than he would have been if he hadn't known that it was a danger . As to whether it was right that a man should have to earn his living by daily risking his ...
... course the Lion King was braver in risking a danger that he was well aware of , than he would have been if he hadn't known that it was a danger . As to whether it was right that a man should have to earn his living by daily risking his ...
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... course , have to be fed on fish ; and a tremendous lot they eat . Old " Tom , " the seal that lived in the Regent's Park Gardens from 1852 to 1856 , got through about three tons of fish in that time , and died at last of the fish ...
... course , have to be fed on fish ; and a tremendous lot they eat . Old " Tom , " the seal that lived in the Regent's Park Gardens from 1852 to 1856 , got through about three tons of fish in that time , and died at last of the fish ...
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... course , they'll pay me out if they catch me ; but really the chance was too tempting . Didn't I take a jolly rise out of the old boys ! " This was the speech with which the keepers introduced the monkeys to the notice of the mena ...
... course , they'll pay me out if they catch me ; but really the chance was too tempting . Didn't I take a jolly rise out of the old boys ! " This was the speech with which the keepers introduced the monkeys to the notice of the mena ...
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... course , Jollyman wanted to recover the tiger alive , if he could , and had given strict orders to his party that no one was to fire without orders , except in a case of urgent neces- sity . As to the farmer and his men , it was not ...
... course , Jollyman wanted to recover the tiger alive , if he could , and had given strict orders to his party that no one was to fire without orders , except in a case of urgent neces- sity . As to the farmer and his men , it was not ...
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... and his son got a good deal more from his good - natured employers than little Jollyman could have earned -of which , of course , Bob managed to get the biggest share ; but he was a very greedy fellow Camel - Driving . 67.
... and his son got a good deal more from his good - natured employers than little Jollyman could have earned -of which , of course , Bob managed to get the biggest share ; but he was a very greedy fellow Camel - Driving . 67.
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