Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William), 1832-1894, Bayes, Alfred Walter, 1832-1909, ill · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 718
nose-gay in the lake. It must be charming there ! said Babette. She felt the greatest desire to go there ; and this wish might be im-mediately fulfilled, for by the shore lay a boat, and it was an easy matterto loosen the rope by which it was fastened. No one was to be seen ofwhom permission could… … THE LOVEES ON THE ISLAND. The oars cut like fins into the yielding water—the water that is sopliant and yet so strong—that has a back to bear burdens and a mouthto devour—that can smile, the very picture of mildness, and yet canterrify and crush. The water glistened in the wake of the boat, whichin…
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