St. Nicholas, Volume 41, Part 1Mary Mapes Dodge Scribner & Company, 1914 - Children's literature |
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... dear did not understand in the least my frantic cries of " Whoa ! " The only other swift - moving animal that it was my misfortune to encounter in India was a camel . This was in the north , in the desert of Rajputana . We were going to ...
... dear did not understand in the least my frantic cries of " Whoa ! " The only other swift - moving animal that it was my misfortune to encounter in India was a camel . This was in the north , in the desert of Rajputana . We were going to ...
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... Dear Twinkle , and Dicky , and Billy , and me . III When supper is ready , but none of them near , I call very softly , " Here ' s meat , kitty dear " ; But Billy comes running , and after him Dick , They snatch the best morsels if ...
... Dear Twinkle , and Dicky , and Billy , and me . III When supper is ready , but none of them near , I call very softly , " Here ' s meat , kitty dear " ; But Billy comes running , and after him Dick , They snatch the best morsels if ...
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... Dear Willie : While I wear my seven - leagued boots and stride in tri- umph over moss and muir , it would be very silly in either of us to let a cheque twice a year of £ 25 make a difference between us . first time he called . Scott ...
... Dear Willie : While I wear my seven - leagued boots and stride in tri- umph over moss and muir , it would be very silly in either of us to let a cheque twice a year of £ 25 make a difference between us . first time he called . Scott ...
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... Dear old Camp ! he was buried by moonlight in the garden just opposite Scott's study window . " Papa cried about Camp's death , " Sophia Scott told Irving . Indeed , we all know that the affec- tionate master felt so bereft that he ...
... Dear old Camp ! he was buried by moonlight in the garden just opposite Scott's study window . " Papa cried about Camp's death , " Sophia Scott told Irving . Indeed , we all know that the affec- tionate master felt so bereft that he ...
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... dear trees . Sometimes his grandchildren tried to help push . " I have seen much , " he would say again and again , " but nothing like my ain house - give me one turn more . " " My dear , be a good man - be a good man . Nothing else ...
... dear trees . Sometimes his grandchildren tried to help push . " I have seen much , " he would say again and again , " but nothing like my ain house - give me one turn more . " " My dear , be a good man - be a good man . Nothing else ...
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