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I hold an old-fashioned notion that a happy marriage is the crown of a woman’s life.

Beatrix Potter

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
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
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.
BEATRIX POTTER

Appear Day Master One Own Place Plate Punctually
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 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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Child Idea Myself Sea Trust Water
It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born
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Alive Beauty Born Children Country Happen More Sometimes
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
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 hold an old-fashioned notion that a happy marriage is the crown of a woman’s life.
BEATRIX POTTER

Crowns Happy Marriage Old Fashioned
Everything was romantic in my imagination.
BEATRIX POTTER

Everything Imagination Romantic
There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they’ll take you.
BEATRIX POTTER

Delicious First Something Stories Story Word Writing
I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.
BEATRIX POTTER

Book Finishing Hate Year Yera
It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is ‘soporific’.
BEATRIX POTTER

Eating Effort Lettuce Much Said Soporific Too
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
Most people, after one success, are so cringingly afraid of doing less well that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work.
BEATRIX POTTER

Afraid Cringingly Doing Edge Failure Inspirational Less People Subsequent Success Work
Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were–Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.
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Country Garden Little Name Once Rabbit Time Upon

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