Gutta Percha Willie, the Working Genius, Том 405Henry S. King & Company, 65 Cornhill and 12 Paternoster row, 1873 - 212 стор. |
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... delight of his mother , the triumph of Willie , or the gratification of his father , who saw in this good promise of his boy's capacity ; for all that I have written hitherto is only introductory to my story , and I long to begin and ...
... delight of his mother , the triumph of Willie , or the gratification of his father , who saw in this good promise of his boy's capacity ; for all that I have written hitherto is only introductory to my story , and I long to begin and ...
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... delight to speak . But she was not yet well enough to talk to him , and his father coming in , led him down - stairs again , where he began once more to watch the snow , wondering now if it had anything to do with baby's arrival . In ...
... delight to speak . But she was not yet well enough to talk to him , and his father coming in , led him down - stairs again , where he began once more to watch the snow , wondering now if it had anything to do with baby's arrival . In ...
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... delight at the thought . of sleeping with his mother and the baby . Nor be- cause of that only ; for he resolved within himself that he would try to get a share in the business of the night : why should his mother have too little sleep ...
... delight at the thought . of sleeping with his mother and the baby . Nor be- cause of that only ; for he resolved within himself that he would try to get a share in the business of the night : why should his mother have too little sleep ...
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... delight , and the satisfaction of his mother as well , she stopped crying , and began to drink the milk - and - water . " Why , you're a born nurse , Willie ! " said his mother . But the moment the baby heard her mother's voice , she ...
... delight , and the satisfaction of his mother as well , she stopped crying , and began to drink the milk - and - water . " Why , you're a born nurse , Willie ! " said his mother . But the moment the baby heard her mother's voice , she ...
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... delight that he could lend him not only that pulley but another as well . Each ran in a block which had an iron hook attached to it . With the aid of a ladder he put the hook of one of the blocks through the staple , and then fastened ...
... delight that he could lend him not only that pulley but another as well . Each ran in a block which had an iron hook attached to it . With the aid of a ladder he put the hook of one of the blocks through the staple , and then fastened ...
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able Agnes answered Willie asked baby began better bird boot bough carpenter carried CHAPTER cold Cornhill cried Willie Crown 8vo delight doctor door dream Edition eyes father and mother feet garden GEORGE MACDONALD give golden ball grandmother grannie grew growing Gutta-Percha hand head heart hole Illustrated keep kite knew laughed length London looked Louis Blanc Macmichael mamma medicine Mona moon morning never night NUMBER once papa pickaxe pipe Priory Leas pull pulley ROBERT BUCHANAN round ruins Sandy Shepherd shoemaker shoes sleep sluice smith soon Spelman stair stones story strange sure talk tell there's thing thread Tibby told took tree turn understand vault wake wall WALTER BAGEHOT wanted water-wheel wheel Willet William Webster Willie's Wilson wind window wonder words Yellowley
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