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What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense…

Beatrix Potter

With opportunity the world is very interesting.
BEATRIX POTTER

Interest Interesting Opportunity World
In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets.
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Coat Full Gentleman Gold Lappet Ruffle Skirt Sword Time
I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.
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Book Finishing Hate Year Yera
Then 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.
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Another Bench Country Cup Fire Hand Herself Look Made People Person Sideway Tea Wrinkle
Mrs. Tiggy-winkle’s hand, holding the tea-cup, was very very brown, and very very wrinkly with the soap-suds; and all through her gown and her cap, there were HAIRPINS sticking wrong end out; so that Lucie didn’t like to sit too near her.
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Brown Cap Cup Gown Hold Like Near Soap Stick Tea Wrong
I hold an old-fashioned notion that a happy marriage is the crown of a woman’s life.
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Crowns Happy Marriage Old Fashioned
We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure.
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Adventure Home Live Stay World
I have just made stories to please myself, because I never grew up.
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Grew Made Myself Please Stories Up
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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Bad Desire Ever Over Poor Rest Stronger Time
What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?
BEATRIX POTTER

Childhood Heaven More Real Spirit World
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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Children Create Hand Imagination Nourishment Observant Quiet Solitary
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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Afraid Cringingly Doing Edge Failure Inspirational Less People Subsequent Success Work
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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Accident Country Father Garden People Person Pie
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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Bed Eye Fell Flower God Land Lying Rough See Step Thank Walk
The woods were peopled by the mysterious good folk. The Lords and Ladies of the last century walked with me along the overgrown paths, and picked the old fashioned flowers among the box and rose hedges of the garden.
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Box Century Flower Garden Hedge Last Mysterious Overgrown People Rose Wood
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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Cat Doorstep Dust Kitten Name Once Time Upon

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