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... quite put into com- motion . Before , one saw every tree re- flected in it , every bush that was near the old farm - house , with the holes in the roof and with the swallow's nest under the eaves ; but THE TWO NEIGHBOURING FAMILIES.
... quite put into com- motion . Before , one saw every tree re- flected in it , every bush that was near the old farm - house , with the holes in the roof and with the swallow's nest under the eaves ; but THE TWO NEIGHBOURING FAMILIES.
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Hans Christian Andersen. and with the swallow's nest under the eaves ; but principally , however , the great rose - bush , sown , as it were , with flowers . It covered the wall , and hung forwards over the water , in which one beheld ...
Hans Christian Andersen. and with the swallow's nest under the eaves ; but principally , however , the great rose - bush , sown , as it were , with flowers . It covered the wall , and hung forwards over the water , in which one beheld ...
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... swallow's nest of the preceding year , and now dwelt therein as if it had been their own property . " Are those little duck children that are swimming there ? " asked the young sparrows , when they discovered the duck's feathers on the ...
... swallow's nest of the preceding year , and now dwelt therein as if it had been their own property . " Are those little duck children that are swimming there ? " asked the young sparrows , when they discovered the duck's feathers on the ...
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... swallow's nest brings luck , so people say , and therefore people are pleased to have us . But our neighbours ! Such a rose - bush against the wall produces damp ; it will doubtless be cleared away , and then , perhaps , some corn at ...
... swallow's nest brings luck , so people say , and therefore people are pleased to have us . But our neighbours ! Such a rose - bush against the wall produces damp ; it will doubtless be cleared away , and then , perhaps , some corn at ...
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12 Engravings 24 Engravings amusing Andersen Anec asked Author balcony beautiful birds bloomed bright burgomaster CHARLES BONER child chirp Chirrup Christian VIII cloth cold coloured darning-needle daugh door dream eyes fairy fairy tale fancied Fcap flew flowers Foolscap 8vo friends Frontispiece GRANT AND GRIFFITH half-bound morocco HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN HISTORY honour Illustrated with 24 ISAAC TAYLOR king's daughter Kjöge knew learned LESSONS light Little Boys Little Tuk little Tukey lived looked maiden MAMMA'S BIBLE STORIES married couple match mother needle neighbours nest never old lamp old poet once PARLOUR GAMES plain poor little Price queens of Denmark roast goose rose-bush rose-tree roses sea-sick Second Edition shadow shewed shine Sixth Edition stood swallow's nest Tale tell there's a fellow thing Thorwaldsen thou thought told town wall wax-light whole wind window Woodcuts Young Persons young sparrows
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