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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 328

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d told himhis errand. Verygood, itsaid. Comealong : but it will be of no use. He is the most unremorseful, hard-hearted, foul-mouthed fellow I have in charge ; and thinksabout nothing but beer and pipes ; which are not allowedhere, of course. So they walked along over the leads, and very sootythey… … TILL HE SAW RUNNING TOWARD HIM, AND SHOUTINGSTOP! THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE. THE WATER BABIES lying about in plenty, burn him ; for, being a water-baby, his radical humours were of a moist andcold nature, as you may read at large in Lemnius,Cardan, Van Helmont, and other gentlemen, who knewas much as…

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