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It is round because it is in the very middle of the Gardens, and when you are come to it you never want to go any farther.

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He looked round him to apply for information once more.

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So glad you've come, old fellow; I've found a nice place round the corner here, where you can get some really first-class nectar.

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When the queen heard this she jumped for joy, and as soon as her little friend came she sat down upon her throne, and called all her court round to enjoy the fun; and the nurse stood by her side with the baby in her arms, as if it was quite ready to be given up.

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Hatta looked round once more, and this time a tear or two trickled down his cheek: but not a word would he say.

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Regarding the path described by the moon in her revolution round the earth, the Cambridge Observatory had demonstrated that this path is a re-entering curve, not a perfect circle, but an ellipse, of which the earth occupies one of the

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Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.

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He flushed slightly, and hurriedly asked her to waltz, but he had only just put his arm round her waist and taken the first step when the music suddenly stopped.

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The creature in terror lifted him high up into the air and began to circle round the tower of the castle.

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I was assured that vast numbers of little round stones, of various colours, each with a small cylindrical hole, are found there.

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Why, they was four rounds I was in dreamland all the time .

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Ryder -- who, I think, could soon have brought me round, and could have done anything with me; but he had given up all the hard part of the trade to his son and to another experienced man, and he only came at times to oversee.