The Open AirChatto & Windus, 1885 - 270 pages |
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... passed between them , and they yielded on either side . The wheat - ears were pale gold , having only just left off their green , and they surrounded him on all sides as if he were bathing . A butterfly painted a velvety red with white ...
... passed between them , and they yielded on either side . The wheat - ears were pale gold , having only just left off their green , and they surrounded him on all sides as if he were bathing . A butterfly painted a velvety red with white ...
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... passed he whispered to Guido that it was only a hare . " Then why did he run away ? " said Guido ; " I should not have hurt him . " But the swallow had gone up high into the sky again , and did not hear him . All the time Guido was ...
... passed he whispered to Guido that it was only a hare . " Then why did he run away ? " said Guido ; " I should not have hurt him . " But the swallow had gone up high into the sky again , and did not hear him . All the time Guido was ...
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... passed each other they shrieked their voices were so shrill they shrieked . They were only saying that in a month their little swifts in the slates would be able to fly . While he sat so quiet on the ground and hidden by the wheat , he ...
... passed each other they shrieked their voices were so shrill they shrieked . They were only saying that in a month their little swifts in the slates would be able to fly . While he sat so quiet on the ground and hidden by the wheat , he ...
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... passed they regarded me with bitter envy , jealousy , and hatred written in their eyes ; they cursed me in their hearts . I verily believe - so unmistakably hostile were their glances - that had opportunity been given , in the dead of ...
... passed they regarded me with bitter envy , jealousy , and hatred written in their eyes ; they cursed me in their hearts . I verily believe - so unmistakably hostile were their glances - that had opportunity been given , in the dead of ...
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... passed , and the lines they have worn in the forehead , the summer mead shines as bright and fresh as when my foot first touched the grass . It has another meaning now ; the sunshine and the flowers speak differently , for a heart that ...
... passed , and the lines they have worn in the forehead , the summer mead shines as bright and fresh as when my foot first touched the grass . It has another meaning now ; the sunshine and the flowers speak differently , for a heart that ...
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