Wood Magic: A Fable, Volume 1Cassell, Petter, Galpin, 1881 |
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... kill the rats , because he is afraid of them ( unless he can assassinate one in his sleep ) , but he murdered my ... killed all my little . mouses , and made me very unhappy , never be able to get another wife to in this cart - house ...
... kill the rats , because he is afraid of them ( unless he can assassinate one in his sleep ) , but he murdered my ... killed all my little . mouses , and made me very unhappy , never be able to get another wife to in this cart - house ...
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... the bed one night , and frightened Bevis's mother . " 66 " But I did not mean to , " said the Mouse ; and you did mean to kill my wife , and you ate the par- tridge's eggs . " " And a very good thing I did , " 34 WOOD MAGIC .
... the bed one night , and frightened Bevis's mother . " 66 " But I did not mean to , " said the Mouse ; and you did mean to kill my wife , and you ate the par- tridge's eggs . " " And a very good thing I did , " 34 WOOD MAGIC .
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... killed the elder , and people would have thought it was done to murder him for the sake of the inheritance . " " Now , is this true ? " said Bevis . " Yes , that it is ; and I killed D 2 AT HOME . 35.
... killed the elder , and people would have thought it was done to murder him for the sake of the inheritance . " " Now , is this true ? " said Bevis . " Yes , that it is ; and I killed D 2 AT HOME . 35.
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A Fable Richard Jefferies. " Yes , that it is ; and I killed the mouse's wife also for the best of reasons . " " You horrid wretch ! " cried the Mouse . " Oh , you needn't call me a wretch , " said the Weasel ; " I am sure you ought to ...
A Fable Richard Jefferies. " Yes , that it is ; and I killed the mouse's wife also for the best of reasons . " " You horrid wretch ! " cried the Mouse . " Oh , you needn't call me a wretch , " said the Weasel ; " I am sure you ought to ...
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... and came down among the flock of birds and stuck in the ground . They flew away in terror , and though he had not killed any , Bevis was highly delighted at the fright they were in . He picked up his arrow 50 WOOD MAGIC .
... and came down among the flock of birds and stuck in the ground . They flew away in terror , and though he had not killed any , Bevis was highly delighted at the fright they were in . He picked up his arrow 50 WOOD MAGIC .
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afraid asked Bevis Bailiff began Bevis dear birds bough Brook butterfly Buzz Cassell chaffinch chink Choo Hoo climb Cloctaw cloth copse cowslips cricket cried Crow cuckoo cunning Demy ditch dragon-fly Extra crown 4to fcap field flew fungus Galpin & Co.'s gone grass grasshopper Hare hate Hawk hear heard hedge hills hole humble-bee Illustrations jackdaw jumped Kapchack kill king kingfisher knew laughed library binding listen lives looked Ludgate Hill minute missel-thrush morning morocco Mouse nest never night old Toad orchard peck peewits perch Petter pigeons rabbit Raven remember rook round shoot sing Sir Bevis sleep spider Squirrel starling stick Stoat stupid summer-house sure tail talking Tchack-tchack tell thing thought thrush told tomtit tree Vols waiting walk Weasel wicked willow Wind window wood wood-pigeons