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... heard a step at the door . That was a good dog . Aye , and a good house - dog too ! So Charley's mother thought next morning . And this was the way that Frisky became not only Charley's dog , but the house - dog into the bargain ...
... heard a step at the door . That was a good dog . Aye , and a good house - dog too ! So Charley's mother thought next morning . And this was the way that Frisky became not only Charley's dog , but the house - dog into the bargain ...
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... heard it all with her watch ful ears . And had she not for bid den Miss Bessy to take meat from the larder ? " A fine thing indeed , that a little brat like you should come and do what you like ! " So Mistress Cooky seiz'd the bit of ...
... heard it all with her watch ful ears . And had she not for bid den Miss Bessy to take meat from the larder ? " A fine thing indeed , that a little brat like you should come and do what you like ! " So Mistress Cooky seiz'd the bit of ...
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... for the river ran down his throat . He cough'd and cough'd for a long time , and no one ever heard him boasting any more . LITTLE DICK SNAPPY . Little Dick Snappy Was always unhappy 8 STANDARD READER . THE SECOND 6 The Big Little Boy.
... for the river ran down his throat . He cough'd and cough'd for a long time , and no one ever heard him boasting any more . LITTLE DICK SNAPPY . Little Dick Snappy Was always unhappy 8 STANDARD READER . THE SECOND 6 The Big Little Boy.
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... heard Of anything so mean . " " " Tis very cruel too , " Said little Alice Neal ; " I wonder if he knew How sad the bird would feel ? " A little boy hung down his head , And went and hid behind the bed ; For he stole that pretty nest ...
... heard Of anything so mean . " " " Tis very cruel too , " Said little Alice Neal ; " I wonder if he knew How sad the bird would feel ? " A little boy hung down his head , And went and hid behind the bed ; For he stole that pretty nest ...
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... heard some one speaking in a dream . But when she heard the little , small , wee voice of the Little , Small , Wee Bear , it was so sharp and so shrill that it awakened her at once . Up she started ; and when she saw the Three Bears on ...
... heard some one speaking in a dream . But when she heard the little , small , wee voice of the Little , Small , Wee Bear , it was so sharp and so shrill that it awakened her at once . Up she started ; and when she saw the Three Bears on ...
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Page 64 - Come near to me. I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 64 - Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him ; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me.
Page 56 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear ; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 65 - Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt : come down unto me, tarry not: and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: and there will I nourish thee ; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
Page 44 - For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright ; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
Page 65 - Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; and take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
Page 55 - And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
Page 60 - And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me ? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
Page 47 - And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
Page 61 - Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him. Chapter 44 1 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. 2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money.