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... one sweet kiss raised her and all around her to life again . Can science bring any tale to match this ? Tell me , is there anything in this world more busy and active than water , as it rushes along in 2 THE FAIRY - LAND OF SCIENCE .
... one sweet kiss raised her and all around her to life again . Can science bring any tale to match this ? Tell me , is there anything in this world more busy and active than water , as it rushes along in 2 THE FAIRY - LAND OF SCIENCE .
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... bringing a walnut containing three beautiful dresses - the first glowing as the sun , the second pale and beautiful as the moon , the third spangled like the star - lit sky , and each so fine and delicate that all three could be packed ...
... bringing a walnut containing three beautiful dresses - the first glowing as the sun , the second pale and beautiful as the moon , the third spangled like the star - lit sky , and each so fine and delicate that all three could be packed ...
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... bringing the little spot on which we live face to face with the great fiery ball , so that his beams can fall upon us . Take a small globe , and stick a piece of black plaster over England , then let a lighted lamp repre- sent the sun ...
... bringing the little spot on which we live face to face with the great fiery ball , so that his beams can fall upon us . Take a small globe , and stick a piece of black plaster over England , then let a lighted lamp repre- sent the sun ...
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... a drop of water on its travels . If I dip my finger in this basin of water and lift it up again , I bring with it a small glistening drop out of the body of water. A DROP OF WATER . 133 73 LECTURE IV A DROP OF WATER ON ITS TRAVELS.
... a drop of water on its travels . If I dip my finger in this basin of water and lift it up again , I bring with it a small glistening drop out of the body of water. A DROP OF WATER . 133 73 LECTURE IV A DROP OF WATER ON ITS TRAVELS.
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... brings a new load of water - dust , the air is fuller than it can hold . In either case a number of water - particles are set free , and our fairy force " cohesion " seizes upon them at once and forms them into large water - drops ...
... brings a new load of water - dust , the air is fuller than it can hold . In either case a number of water - particles are set free , and our fairy force " cohesion " seizes upon them at once and forms them into large water - drops ...
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Page 152 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
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