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Quicksilver: The Boy With No Skid to His Wheel

By George Manville

2019-11-16 01:39:03

Brief Extract: Then he sat forward, with his arms resting upon his knees, watching his wife as she slowly approached the unconscious child, till she was in the act of stooping over him to lay her fat red hand upon his golden curls, when there was a l ... Read more
Brief Extract: Then he sat forward, with his arms resting upon his knees, watching his wife as she slowly approached the unconscious child, till she was in the act of stooping over him to lay her fat red hand upon his golden curls, when there was a loud roar as if from some savage beast, and the woman jumped back scared; the horse leaped sidewise; the farmer raised his whip; and the pair of simple-hearted country folks stared at a fierce-looking face which rose out of the bed of ling, its owner having been sleeping face downward, and now glowering at them above his folded arms. Less

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File size851.63 KB
Print pages406
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1374862449
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George Manville
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