The Open AirChatto & Windus, 1885 - 270 pages |
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... shadow -and he looked up and saw a large bird not very far up , not farther than he could fling , or shoot his arrows , and the bird was fluttering his wings , but did not move away farther , as if he had been tied in the air . Guido ...
... shadow -and he looked up and saw a large bird not very far up , not farther than he could fling , or shoot his arrows , and the bird was fluttering his wings , but did not move away farther , as if he had been tied in the air . Guido ...
Page 8
... shadows slipped forwards and back again . Then it was still , and the nearest wheat - ear to Guido nodded his head , and said in a very low tone , " Guido , dear , just this minute I do not feel very happy , although the sun- shine is ...
... shadows slipped forwards and back again . Then it was still , and the nearest wheat - ear to Guido nodded his head , and said in a very low tone , " Guido , dear , just this minute I do not feel very happy , although the sun- shine is ...
Page 9
... shadow you are now lying is the fourth of them , and he is quite young , though he is so big . now . " A jay sowed the acorn from which he grew up ; the jay was in the oak with one branch , and some one frightened him , and as he flew ...
... shadow you are now lying is the fourth of them , and he is quite young , though he is so big . now . " A jay sowed the acorn from which he grew up ; the jay was in the oak with one branch , and some one frightened him , and as he flew ...
Page 10
... shadows come over from the clouds , and a wind always follows the shadow and waves us , and every time we sway to and fro that alters our colour . A rough wind gives us one tint , and heavy rain another , and we look different on a ...
... shadows come over from the clouds , and a wind always follows the shadow and waves us , and every time we sway to and fro that alters our colour . A rough wind gives us one tint , and heavy rain another , and we look different on a ...
Page 13
... do you lie still , and I will talk and sing to you , and you can pick some more flowers when you get up . There is a beautiful shadow there , and I heard the streamlet say that he would sing a little to you ; he SAINT GUIDO . 13.
... do you lie still , and I will talk and sing to you , and you can pick some more flowers when you get up . There is a beautiful shadow there , and I heard the streamlet say that he would sing a little to you ; he SAINT GUIDO . 13.
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