Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were–Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.
BEATRIX POTTEROnce upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were–Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.
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Once 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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I think if she lived in A little shoe-house That little old woman was Surely a mouse!
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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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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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One day puss did not take his place punctually, but presently appeared with two mice, one of which it placed on its master’s plate, the other on its own.
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In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets.
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So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
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I cannot rest, I must draw, however poor the result, and when I have a bad time come over me it is a stronger desire than ever.
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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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I was a child then, I had no idea what the world would be like. I wished to trust myself on the waters and the sea.
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When gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta – there lived a tailor in Gloucester.
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I am worn to a raveling.
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Peter 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.
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All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife.
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For quiet, solitary and observant children create their own world and live in it, nourishing their imaginations on the material at hand.
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