St. Nicholas, Volume 41, Part 1Mary Mapes Dodge Scribner & Company, 1914 - Children's literature |
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... stopped to tell a story to the pleading pets who talked , or give an affectionate pat to those who only looked their love . And then his active hand drove on , laying aside sheet after sheet . Let us stop a few minutes to speak of ...
... stopped to tell a story to the pleading pets who talked , or give an affectionate pat to those who only looked their love . And then his active hand drove on , laying aside sheet after sheet . Let us stop a few minutes to speak of ...
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... stopping to dot an i , or cross a t , punctuating by a hurried dash , or not at all , and spelling , like Stevenson , with perfect carelessness . If , with a mental microscope , we can find any blessing in this agonizing business ...
... stopping to dot an i , or cross a t , punctuating by a hurried dash , or not at all , and spelling , like Stevenson , with perfect carelessness . If , with a mental microscope , we can find any blessing in this agonizing business ...
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... stopping for food and rest , trained into him this wonderful tenacity . Yet " a single season blanched his hair snow white . " All must not be told . Let us spare ourselves the painful details of the battle , knowing , as we do , the ...
... stopping for food and rest , trained into him this wonderful tenacity . Yet " a single season blanched his hair snow white . " All must not be told . Let us spare ourselves the painful details of the battle , knowing , as we do , the ...
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... stopped entirely . Pelham smiled with sudden amusement . " So Aunt Annie gave you the money ! Well , Brian , keep it to yourself , that ' s all . " Brian slipped the wallet into his pocket . " No fear , " he remarked . " There is n't ...
... stopped entirely . Pelham smiled with sudden amusement . " So Aunt Annie gave you the money ! Well , Brian , keep it to yourself , that ' s all . " Brian slipped the wallet into his pocket . " No fear , " he remarked . " There is n't ...
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... stopping the horse , leaped silently to the ground and glided to his cousin's side . On tiptoe they ap- proached the ... stopped Brian with a rigid arm . As if instantly measuring him , and while holding him in play , the lad looked past ...
... stopping the horse , leaped silently to the ground and glided to his cousin's side . On tiptoe they ap- proached the ... stopped Brian with a rigid arm . As if instantly measuring him , and while holding him in play , the lad looked past ...
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Page 195 - There was an old woman who lived In a shoe, She had so many children, she didn't know what to do. She gave them some broth without any bread, She whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.
Page 72 - I came into the House one morning, well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar : his hat was without a hatband. His stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and reddish; his...
Page 36 - Marmorea dormis sub imagine Maida, Ad januam domini sit tibi terra levis.' Thus Englished by an eminent hand, — * Beneath the sculptured form which late you wore, Sleep soundly, Maida. at your master's door...
Page 100 - Ride a cockhorse to Banbury Cross To see a fine lady upon a white horse. With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes She shall have music wherever she goes.
Page 4 - I SAW a ship a-sailing, A-sailing on the sea, And oh! it was all laden With pretty things for thee! There were comfits in the cabin, And apples in the hold; The sails were made of silk, And the masts were made of gold. The four-and-twenty sailors That stood between the decks Were four-and-twenty white mice, With chains about their necks. The captain was a duck, With a packet on his back, And when the ship began to move, The captain said "Quack! Quack!
Page 72 - I can say this of Naseby: that when I saw the enemy draw up and march in gallant order towards us, and we a company of poor ignorant men, to seek how to order our battle (the General having commanded me to order all the Horse), I could not (riding alone about my business) but smile out to God in praises, in assurance of victory...
Page 196 - Girls and boys, come out to play, The moon doth shine as bright as day; Leave your supper, and leave your sleep, And come with your play fellows into the street.
Page 196 - OLD Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone: But when she got there The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none.
Page 384 - I keep six honest serving men (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who.
Page 99 - Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating a Christmas pie; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said, "What a good boy am I!