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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.

Beatrix Potter

In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets.
BEATRIX POTTER

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.
BEATRIX POTTER

Book Finishing Hate Year Yera
Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.
BEATRIX POTTER

Education Goodness Learning Memorable never School Thank
I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child.
BEATRIX POTTER

Believe Child Children Faires Half Real Remember
With opportunity the world is very interesting.
BEATRIX POTTER

Interest Interesting Opportunity World
It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is ‘soporific’.
BEATRIX POTTER

Eating Effort Lettuce Much Said Soporific Too
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.
BEATRIX POTTER

Brown Cap Cup Gown Hold Like Near Soap Stick Tea Wrong
I fear that we shall be obliged to leave this pudding
BEATRIX POTTER

Fear Leave Obliged Pudding
A gentleman had a favourite cat whom he taught to sit at the dinner table where it behaved very well. He was in the habit of putting any scraps he left onto the cat’s plate.
BEATRIX POTTER

Behavem Table Cat Dinner Favorite Habit Plate Scrap Taight
I am worn to a raveling.
BEATRIX POTTER

Raveling Worn
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.
BEATRIX POTTER

Box Century Flower Garden Hedge Last Mysterious Overgrown People Rose Wood
We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure.
BEATRIX POTTER

Adventure Home Live Stay World
I have just made stories to please myself, because I never grew up.
BEATRIX POTTER

Grew Made Myself Please Stories Up
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.
BEATRIX POTTER

Bed Eye Fell Flower God Land Lying Rough See Step Thank Walk
Don’t go into Mr. McGregor’s garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.
BEATRIX POTTER

Accident Country Father Garden People Person Pie
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.
BEATRIX POTTER

Child Idea Myself Sea Trust Water

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