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• There seemed to be no end to this wood, and no beginning, and no difference in it, and, worse of all, no way out

  Kenneth Grahame

  Differences, Woods, Way

  Kenneth Grahame (2012). “The Wind in the Willows: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.36, Penguin

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• I'm such a clever Toad.

  Kenneth Grahame

  Clever, Toads

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• We shall creep out quietly into the butler's pantry--" cried the Mole. "--with out pistols and swords and sticks--" shouted ther Rat. "--and rush in upon them," said Badger. "--and whack 'em, and whack 'em, and whack 'em!" cried the Toad in ecstasy, running round and round the room, and jupming over the chairs.

  Kenneth Grahame

  Running, Moles, Ems

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• A careful inspection showed them that, even if they succeeded in righting it by themselves, the cart would travel no longer. The axles were in a hopeless state, and the missing wheel was shattered into pieces.

  Kenneth Grahame

  Travel, Missing, Pieces

  Kenneth Grahame (1908). “The Wind in the Willows”, p.42

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• He had got down to the bones of it, and they were fine and strong and simple.

  Kenneth Grahame

  Strong, Simple, Bones

  Kenneth Grahame (2016). “The Wind in the Willows”, p.22, Xist Publishing

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• You are brave! For my sake, do not be rash!

  Kenneth Grahame

  Bravery, Brave, Sake

  The Golden Age (1895) "The Burglars"

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• There was the noise of a bolt shot back, and the door opened a few inches, enough to show a long snout and a pair of sleepy blinking eyes.

  Kenneth Grahame

  Eye, Doors, Long

  Kenneth Grahame (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Kenneth Grahame (Illustrated)”, p.50, Delphi Classics

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• Well, very long ago, on the spot where the Wild Wood waves now, before ever it had planted itself and grown up to what it now is, there was a city - a city of people, you know

  Kenneth Grahame

  Long Ago, Cities, People

  Kenneth Grahame (2012). “The Wind in the Willows: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.46, Penguin

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• The Mole had long wanted to make the I acquaintance of the Badger. He seemed, by all accounts, to be such an important personage and, though rarely visible, to make his unseen influence felt by everybody about the place.

  Kenneth Grahame

  Long, Important, Unseen

  Kenneth Grahame (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Kenneth Grahame (Illustrated)”, p.39, Delphi Classics

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• The river , corrected the Rat, It's my world...What it hasn't got is not worth having.

  Kenneth Grahame

  Sea, Fishing, Rivers

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• In midmost of the stream, embraced in the weir's shimmering arm-spread, a small island lay anchored, fringed close with willow and silver birch and alder. Reserved, shy, but full of significance, it hid whatever it might hold behind a veil, keeping it till the hour should come, and, with the hour, those who were called and chosen.

  Kenneth Grahame

  Islands, Shy, Veils

  Kenneth Grahame, Seth Lerer (2009). “The Wind in the Willows: An Annotated Edition”, p.155, Harvard University Press

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• Toad talked big about all he was going to do in the days to come, while stars grew fuller and larger all around them, and a yellow moon, appearing suddenly and silently from nowhere in particular, came to keep them company and listen to their talk.

  Kenneth Grahame

  Stars, Moon, Yellow

  Kenneth Grahame (1914). “The Wind in the Willows”, p.17, Hayes Barton Press

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