The Travelling MenagerieStrahan, 1873 - 165 páginas |
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... legs , he set one growling at another . He opened their jaws , and then - generally selecting Wallace — he popped his head into a lion's mouth . This was the climax of the foolhardy perform- ance . Often as he had seen it , little ...
... legs , he set one growling at another . He opened their jaws , and then - generally selecting Wallace — he popped his head into a lion's mouth . This was the climax of the foolhardy perform- ance . Often as he had seen it , little ...
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... hand on his French godfather's leg . " De " Le diable ! " almost shouted astonished M. Sohier . " Tell me - vite , vite ! " he went on . door of de street , is she shut ? " " I don't know , sir - I locked the 52 The Travelling Menagerie .
... hand on his French godfather's leg . " De " Le diable ! " almost shouted astonished M. Sohier . " Tell me - vite , vite ! " he went on . door of de street , is she shut ? " " I don't know , sir - I locked the 52 The Travelling Menagerie .
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... leg to tank for de honour you have done to carry a toast to my young fren ' . I have not need of pray you excuse my Anglish , because dat I have live so long time into your contree , dat Anglish or French it is all equal to me . I love ...
... leg to tank for de honour you have done to carry a toast to my young fren ' . I have not need of pray you excuse my Anglish , because dat I have live so long time into your contree , dat Anglish or French it is all equal to me . I love ...
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... legs , he hoisted himself on to their backs by their tails , he put his legs round their necks , and hung head downwards , and they did not mind him in the least . He generally helped to feed them , and so , in a sluggish sort of CAMEL ...
... legs , he hoisted himself on to their backs by their tails , he put his legs round their necks , and hung head downwards , and they did not mind him in the least . He generally helped to feed them , and so , in a sluggish sort of CAMEL ...
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... leg , from the faint impression that particular foot had produced upon the sand ; I concluded that the animal had lost one tooth , because , wherever it had grazed , a small tuft of herbage was left uninjured in the centre of its bite ...
... leg , from the faint impression that particular foot had produced upon the sand ; I concluded that the animal had lost one tooth , because , wherever it had grazed , a small tuft of herbage was left uninjured in the centre of its bite ...
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