Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875, Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935, ill · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 186
ightened new times they are taught to know alittle about everything, and to know it all ill; which isa great deal pleasanter and easier, and therefore quiteright. So Ellie and he were walking on the rocks, and [170] THE WATER-BABIES he was showing her about one in ten thousand of allthe beautiful… … and at last she said honestly, I dont care about allthese things, because they cant play with me, or talkto me. If there were little children now in the water,as there used to be, and I could see them, I should likethat. [171] THE WATER-BABIES Children in the water, you strange little duck?said the…
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