The water-babies: a fairy tale for a land-baby (1915)
Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875, Robinson, W. Heath (William Heath), 1872-1944, ill · Boston : Houghton Mifflin · leaf 130
stening to such a creature for an instant. no THE WATER BABIES If I saw such a thing happen, I should consider it myduty to put them both to death upon the spot. Sothe old salmon said, like an old blue-blooded hidalgoof Spain ; and what is more, he would have done it,too. For you must know, no… … WHAT A WELL-BRED OLD SALMON HE WAS 1 III CHAPTER IV Sweet is the lore which Nature brings ;Our meddling intellectMis-shapes the beauteous forms of thingsWe murder to dissect.Enough of science and of ait :Close up these barren leaves ;Come forth, and bring with you a heartThat watches and…
Fairy tales · Chimney sweeps
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