It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born
BEATRIX POTTERIt sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born
BEATRIX POTTERThe shorter and the plainer the better.
BEATRIX POTTERThen Mrs. Tiggy-winkle made tea – a cup for herself and a cup for Lucie. They sat before the fire on a bench and looked sideways at one another.
BEATRIX POTTERI do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.
BEATRIX POTTERWith opportunity the world is very interesting.
BEATRIX POTTERI hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.
BEATRIX POTTERPeter was not very well during the evening. His mother put him to bed, and made some chamomile tea: “One table-spoonful to be taken at bedtime.
BEATRIX POTTERThank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in bed I can walk step by step on the fells and rough land seeing every stone and flower and patch of bog and cotton pass where my old legs will never take me again.
BEATRIX POTTERWhen gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta – there lived a tailor in Gloucester.
BEATRIX POTTEROnce upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were–Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.
BEATRIX POTTEREverything was romantic in my imagination.
BEATRIX POTTEROnce upon a time there were three kittens, and their names were Mitten, Tom Kitten, and Moppet. They had dear little fur coats of their own; and they tumbled about the doorstep and played in the dust.
BEATRIX POTTERI think if she lived in A little shoe-house That little old woman was Surely a mouse!
BEATRIX POTTERWhat heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense…
BEATRIX POTTERSo much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
BEATRIX POTTERI have just made stories to please myself, because I never grew up.
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