Gutta Percha Willie, the Working Genius, Том 405Henry S. King & Company, 65 Cornhill and 12 Paternoster row, 1873 - 212 стор. |
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... window of the ancient building . It was a generous garden in old - fashioned flowers and vegetables . There were a few apple and pear trees also on a wall that faced the south , which were re- garded by Willie with mingled respect and ...
... window of the ancient building . It was a generous garden in old - fashioned flowers and vegetables . There were a few apple and pear trees also on a wall that faced the south , which were re- garded by Willie with mingled respect and ...
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... window , was part of the furniture she saved when she had to sell the rest ; and well it was , she used to say , for her old rheumatic bones that she had saved the chair at least . In that chair , then , the little boy would sit coiled ...
... window , was part of the furniture she saved when she had to sell the rest ; and well it was , she used to say , for her old rheumatic bones that she had saved the chair at least . In that chair , then , the little boy would sit coiled ...
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... window , looking out on it , and wondering whether the angels made it up in the sky ; for he thought it might be their sawdust , which , when they had too much , they shook down to get melted and put out of the way ; when Tibby came ...
... window , looking out on it , and wondering whether the angels made it up in the sky ; for he thought it might be their sawdust , which , when they had too much , they shook down to get melted and put out of the way ; when Tibby came ...
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... window . " Sit down there , then , Willie , " he said ; adding , as he handed him the calf - skin , " There's your leather , and my tools are at your service . Make your shoes , and welcome . I shall be glad of your company . " Having ...
... window . " Sit down there , then , Willie , " he said ; adding , as he handed him the calf - skin , " There's your leather , and my tools are at your service . Make your shoes , and welcome . I shall be glad of your company . " Having ...
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... window , whose other end should pass through the keyhole of his door and be tied to his wrist . He seemed to have hardly been in bed an hour , when he woke with his arm at full length , and the pulling going on as if it would pull him ...
... window , whose other end should pass through the keyhole of his door and be tied to his wrist . He seemed to have hardly been in bed an hour , when he woke with his arm at full length , and the pulling going on as if it would pull him ...
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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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