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afraid all-fours answered Patty ARTHUR HALL asleep bad company bade bark began better betwixt bite Bobby Bobby's broken carry Cat and Fiddle CHAPTER Charles and Miss cold conse cork creature dance dare say door ENGLISH POETRY eyes feel fell fellow foot footman gate gave gipsy gipsy's give hand happy HAPPY DAYS hard fate Hargrave head heard heart hedge hind-legs host and hostess Jacko kick lady learnt length lest his lordship lived look loved mamma Master Charles minuet Miss Nelly mistress monkey morning mother Nelly's never night old woman panniers Patty's Piper Pippie's poor dog poor Patty poor thing porringer Ralph recognised red jacket rience rigadoon shillings sister Zoe snow SNOW-STORM soon sooner sure tail teeth tell temper thought tion took tremely voice warm whilst window
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Page 20 - ... divine elixer contentment ; for let our situation be ever so great or so affluent, a mind not disposed to enjoy rationally the blessings of fortune is much more unhappy than the labourer who gains his livelyhood by the sweat of his brow, who is honestly industrious and thankfull for his small gains ! The longer I live in the world the more I am convinced that the happiest people are those who make the best of their lot and keep their minds untainted with ambitious views. Ambition's ladder is...
Page 162 - I hobbled up to him as well as I could, (for I was stiff with the cold,) and began to caress him. " Why, uncle," said he, " that 's the dog ! Look at his leg !"
Page 53 - I was so startled and taken by surprise, and I felt such joy and delight when I saw it was my dear mistress — for she was the only person in the world I had ever loved — that, forgetting the gipsy and my steps, and everything else, down I went upon my fore-legs, and with one bound I leapt to her feet.