The Open AirChatto & Windus, 1885 - 270 páginas |
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... earth is full of skeletons of people who have died of hunger . They are dying now this minute in your big cities , with nothing but stones all round them , stone walls and stone streets ; not jolly stones like those you threw in the ...
... earth is full of skeletons of people who have died of hunger . They are dying now this minute in your big cities , with nothing but stones all round them , stone walls and stone streets ; not jolly stones like those you threw in the ...
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... earth among you fairly , without spite and jealousy and avarice ; because you will not agree ; you silly , foolish people to let all the flowers wither for a thousand years while you keep each other at a distance , instead of agreeing ...
... earth among you fairly , without spite and jealousy and avarice ; because you will not agree ; you silly , foolish people to let all the flowers wither for a thousand years while you keep each other at a distance , instead of agreeing ...
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... earth - and then , one day , a rook came and split the clod open with his bill , and pushed the pieces first one side and then the other , and the coin went one way , but I did not see ; I must ask a humble - bee , or a mouse , or a ...
... earth - and then , one day , a rook came and split the clod open with his bill , and pushed the pieces first one side and then the other , and the coin went one way , but I did not see ; I must ask a humble - bee , or a mouse , or a ...
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... earth . As they passed they regarded me with bitter envy , jealousy , and hatred written in their eyes ; they cursed me in their hearts . I verily believe - so unmistakably hostile were their glances - that had opportunity been given ...
... earth . As they passed they regarded me with bitter envy , jealousy , and hatred written in their eyes ; they cursed me in their hearts . I verily believe - so unmistakably hostile were their glances - that had opportunity been given ...
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... earth . If so they chose , and without stress or strain , they could see the sunrise , they could be with him as it were unwearied and without distress - the livelong day ; they could stay on while the moon rose 28 THE OPEN AIR .
... earth . If so they chose , and without stress or strain , they could see the sunrise , they could be with him as it were unwearied and without distress - the livelong day ; they could stay on while the moon rose 28 THE OPEN AIR .
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