St. Nicholas, Volume 42, Part 1Mary Mapes Dodge Scribner & Company, 1915 |
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... stand during the service . Polly and Betty had spoken for the dining- room , with the great bow - window at one end , as the most fitting place , and Mrs. Mummer , too , was inclined to such an arrangement ; but there were objections to ...
... stand during the service . Polly and Betty had spoken for the dining- room , with the great bow - window at one end , as the most fitting place , and Mrs. Mummer , too , was inclined to such an arrangement ; but there were objections to ...
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... stand in place of a father to Bee , she having no near relatives outside of Eng- land , and her own father being ... standing at my bedside , looking down at me with a smile upon her face . " Is the d - d - day fair ? " I asked anxiously ...
... stand in place of a father to Bee , she having no near relatives outside of Eng- land , and her own father being ... standing at my bedside , looking down at me with a smile upon her face . " Is the d - d - day fair ? " I asked anxiously ...
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... stand upon the line , -and , at the snap of the ball , the great mass , firmly locked and in step with machine - like precision , ponderously but swiftly moved forward , being in full motion before it reached the defenders . The player ...
... stand upon the line , -and , at the snap of the ball , the great mass , firmly locked and in step with machine - like precision , ponderously but swiftly moved forward , being in full motion before it reached the defenders . The player ...
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... stand- ing at the apex of the V. When the signal to begin play was given by the referee , this player touched the ball to the ground and his foot sim- ultaneously , without releasing the ball from his hand , thereby complying with the ...
... stand- ing at the apex of the V. When the signal to begin play was given by the referee , this player touched the ball to the ground and his foot sim- ultaneously , without releasing the ball from his hand , thereby complying with the ...
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... stand between you and the disagreeables of life . " " Well , then , stick to your side of the bargain . The butcher , and the baker , and the grocer , with their false weights and damaged goods , are the greatest disagreeables I know ...
... stand between you and the disagreeables of life . " " Well , then , stick to your side of the bargain . The butcher , and the baker , and the grocer , with their false weights and damaged goods , are the greatest disagreeables I know ...
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Page 50 - And, like fowls in a farmyard when barley is scattering. Out came the children running. All the little boys and girls, With rosy cheeks and flaxen curls, And sparkling eyes and teeth like pearls Tripping and skipping, ran merrily after The wonderful music with shouting and laughter.
Page 447 - I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and, as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested- him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him.
Page 358 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 407 - He shall be a wild ass of a man, his hand against every man and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.
Page 321 - Sorrow is hard to bear, and doubt is slow to clear, Each sufferer says his say, his scheme of the weal and woe: But God has a few of us whom he whispers in the ear; The rest may reason and welcome: 'tis we musicians know.
Page 276 - The Splendor of Beauty: For Yesterday is but a Dream, And To-morrow is only a Vision; But To-day well lived Makes every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness And every To-morrow a Vision of Hope.
Page 480 - Always use Victor Machines with Victor Records and Victor Needles — the combination. There is no other way to get the unequaled Victor tone.
Page 350 - OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat ; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth.
Page 447 - ... bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit ; told the landlady I should soon return, and having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill.
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