When gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta – there lived a tailor in Gloucester.
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.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife.
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Sunday, January 27, 1884. — There was another story in the paper a week or so since.
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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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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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I think if she lived in A little shoe-house That little old woman was Surely a mouse!
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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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Thank goodness my education was neglected.
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I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.
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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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I am worn to a raveling.
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Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were–Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.
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With opportunity the world is very interesting.
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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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The shorter and the plainer the better.
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In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets.
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