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Page 524
... heard a new sound . It was a delicious sound . It was not a bird . It came from the other side of the fence , -tones unlike any he had heard , —and it kept saying , joyously and gurglingly and fascinatingly , « Yai - yai - yah ! Yai ...
... heard a new sound . It was a delicious sound . It was not a bird . It came from the other side of the fence , -tones unlike any he had heard , —and it kept saying , joyously and gurglingly and fascinatingly , « Yai - yai - yah ! Yai ...
Page 527
... heard the voice of his father . He must not weep ; he would need his tears . The thousand years were coming . He should never see the fence again , and there would n't be even a flower - pot balcony for him to come out on . His heart ...
... heard the voice of his father . He must not weep ; he would need his tears . The thousand years were coming . He should never see the fence again , and there would n't be even a flower - pot balcony for him to come out on . His heart ...
Page 529
... heard that voice before ! He grasped the gin- ger - jar , and crawled excitedly over Miss Oo's feet , and put his head out to listen . Oh , joy ! and oh , most marvelous surprise ! It was the Lady of Cakes and Tea ! He wriggled out as ...
... heard that voice before ! He grasped the gin- ger - jar , and crawled excitedly over Miss Oo's feet , and put his head out to listen . Oh , joy ! and oh , most marvelous surprise ! It was the Lady of Cakes and Tea ! He wriggled out as ...
Page 533
... heard from Ney , had bridged the Elbe at the mouth of the Black Elster . It was the 23d before he turned back to do neither , but to secure needed rest on the left bank of the Elbe . But if Napo- - leon's own definition of a truly great ...
... heard from Ney , had bridged the Elbe at the mouth of the Black Elster . It was the 23d before he turned back to do neither , but to secure needed rest on the left bank of the Elbe . But if Napo- - leon's own definition of a truly great ...
Page 535
... heard that Blücher was advancing to Halle , and no doubt remained , he gave instant or- ders for a march on Leipsic . Critics have sug- gested that again delay had been his ruin , but this is not true . An advance over the Elbe toward ...
... heard that Blücher was advancing to Halle , and no doubt remained , he gave instant or- ders for a march on Leipsic . Critics have sug- gested that again delay had been his ruin , but this is not true . An advance over the Elbe toward ...
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