My Awkward Cousin, Or, Caroline's Visit to Her Great-aunt's Poultry YardAmerican Sunday-School Union, 1848 - 107 pages |
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... neck , and kissed her tenderly , for I at once under- stood how good she was to me , and how much the daily sacrifice of her habits , and those of her son , had cost them . " Will you go and see my pets ? " she asked , smiling . " Yes ...
... neck , and kissed her tenderly , for I at once under- stood how good she was to me , and how much the daily sacrifice of her habits , and those of her son , had cost them . " Will you go and see my pets ? " she asked , smiling . " Yes ...
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... necks , with their bills wide open , and hissing . . . From being the pursuer , I became the pursued , and with such rage on their part , that , almost out of my wits , I could scarcely find the gate , although it was wide open . After ...
... necks , with their bills wide open , and hissing . . . From being the pursuer , I became the pursued , and with such rage on their part , that , almost out of my wits , I could scarcely find the gate , although it was wide open . After ...
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... neck , turned his head first to one side , and then to the other , to look at us from either eye . In this posture he seemed so well to deserve the name of foolish fellow , or ninny , which my aunt had just called him , 28 MY AWKWARD ...
... neck , turned his head first to one side , and then to the other , to look at us from either eye . In this posture he seemed so well to deserve the name of foolish fellow , or ninny , which my aunt had just called him , 28 MY AWKWARD ...
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... neck , body , and legs , and the geese which were to become the subject of his eulogy . And this association was not so very strange , for previous to this , seeing him walk in the garden in a loose gown , with a leather cap on his head ...
... neck , body , and legs , and the geese which were to become the subject of his eulogy . And this association was not so very strange , for previous to this , seeing him walk in the garden in a loose gown , with a leather cap on his head ...
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... necks in curves more or less grace- ful or awkward . I felt at that time very much like my little cousin here , that is to say , I professed the most sovereign contempt for geese , but I was not , like her , afraid of them . " " I ...
... necks in curves more or less grace- ful or awkward . I felt at that time very much like my little cousin here , that is to say , I professed the most sovereign contempt for geese , but I was not , like her , afraid of them . " " I ...
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