In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets.
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.
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Thank 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.
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So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
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Don’t go into Mr. McGregor’s garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.
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Thank goodness my education was neglected.
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Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.
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Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.
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I am worn to a raveling.
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Most people, after one success, are so cringingly afraid of doing less well that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work.
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What we call the highest and the lowest in nature are both equally perfect. A willow bush is as beautiful as the human form divine.
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Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail.
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The place is changed now, and many familiar faces are gone, but the greatest change is myself.
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I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child.
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Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.
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What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?
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I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.
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