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 307
am ;and smelt strongly of spirits, though he never drankanything but water : but spirits he used somehow,there was no denying. He had a great pair of spectacleson his nose, and a butterfly-net in one hand, and a geo-logical hammer in the other ; and was hung all overwith pockets, full of collecting… … HE HAD A GREAT PAIR OF SPECTACLES ON HIS NOSE. 280 THE WATER BABIES And, most strange of all, he was running not forwardsbut backwards, as fast as he could. Away all the good folk ran from him, except Tom,who stood his ground and dodged between his legs ; andthe giant, when he had passed him,…
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