Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875, Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935, ill · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 60
ire — cur-u-uck-cock-kick — the end of the world is come —kick-kick-cock-kick. He was always fancying that the end of the world was come, when anything happened which was farther off than the end of his own nose. But the end of the world was not come; though the old grouse-cock was quite certain of… … THE WATER-BABIES after to-morrow—cock. But his wife had heardthat so often that she knew all about it, and a littlemore. And, besides, she was the mother of a family,and had seven little poults to wash and feed everyday; and that made her very practical, and a littlesharp-tempered; so all she…
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