Evenings at Home, Or, The Juvenile Budget Opened: Consisting of a Variety of Miscellaneous Pieces for the Instruction and Amusement of Young PersonsBaldwin, Cradock, and Joy, and R. Hunter, successor to J. Johnson, 1819 - Children |
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... of this family have : built me a house to live in ; it is in the cupboard : I am sure it is for me , for it- is just big enough : the bottom is of wood , and it is covered all over with wires THE YOUNG MOUSE . 19 The Young Mouse.
... of this family have : built me a house to live in ; it is in the cupboard : I am sure it is for me , for it- is just big enough : the bottom is of wood , and it is covered all over with wires THE YOUNG MOUSE . 19 The Young Mouse.
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... covered all over with wires ! and I dare say they have made it on purpose to screen me from that terrible cat , which ran after me so often ; there is an entrance just big enough for me , but puss cannot follow ; and they have been so ...
... covered all over with wires ! and I dare say they have made it on purpose to screen me from that terrible cat , which ran after me so often ; there is an entrance just big enough for me , but puss cannot follow ; and they have been so ...
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... . They were clad partly in the skins of beasts , made smooth and soft by a particular art , but chiefly in gar- ments made from the outer covering of a middle - sized quadruped , which they were so TRAVELLERS ' WONDERS . 23.
... . They were clad partly in the skins of beasts , made smooth and soft by a particular art , but chiefly in gar- ments made from the outer covering of a middle - sized quadruped , which they were so TRAVELLERS ' WONDERS . 23.
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... covered their roofs all over with stones . The walls of their houses had holes to let in the light : but to prevent the cold air and wet from coming in , they were covered by a sort of transpa- rent stone , made artificially of melted ...
... covered their roofs all over with stones . The walls of their houses had holes to let in the light : but to prevent the cold air and wet from coming in , they were covered by a sort of transpa- rent stone , made artificially of melted ...
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... covered with red and yellow , and the finest colours imaginable . There can be no harm , at least , in trying , for I can soon get back again if I don't like it . I am resolved to go , and I will set out to- morrow morning . When ...
... covered with red and yellow , and the finest colours imaginable . There can be no harm , at least , in trying , for I can soon get back again if I don't like it . I am resolved to go , and I will set out to- morrow morning . When ...
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