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 34
f brownpaper, and bade them begin in a loftyand tremendous voice ; and so, after awhimper or two, and a kick from hismaster, into the grate Tom went, and upthe chimney, while a housemaid stayedin the room to watch the furniture, towhom Mr. Grimes paid many playful andchivalrous compliments, but met… … AND BADE THEMBEGIN IN A LOFTYAND TREMENDOUSVOICE. C 2 THE WATER BABIES accustomed, but such as you would find—if you wouldonly get up them and look, which, perhaps, you would notlike to do—in old country houses, large and crookedchimneys, which had been altered again and again, tillthey ran one…
Fairy tales · Chimney sweeps
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