St. Nicholas, Volume 12Mary Mapes Dodge Scribner & Company, 1885 - Children's literature |
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Page 486
... face , and that you could n't let go to do shore , as if he did not wish to land at a place anything with the horses . So I ran after you , and where he had come to such grief . Last of all , up climbed up behind , and I had to be a ...
... face , and that you could n't let go to do shore , as if he did not wish to land at a place anything with the horses . So I ran after you , and where he had come to such grief . Last of all , up climbed up behind , and I had to be a ...
Page 490
... face beam , and grow more round , if possible , as we all praised her boy . I returned with her , for I felt that I wished to thank Junior again and again . But he saw me coming and slipped out at the back door . Indeed , the brave ...
... face beam , and grow more round , if possible , as we all praised her boy . I returned with her , for I felt that I wished to thank Junior again and again . But he saw me coming and slipped out at the back door . Indeed , the brave ...
Page 494
... fidence . She held the reins as we returned . When we sat down to supper , I was glad to see that a little color was dawning in Mousie's face . The bundles we brought home supplemented our stores of needful 494 [ MAY , DRIVEN BACK TO EDEN .
... fidence . She held the reins as we returned . When we sat down to supper , I was glad to see that a little color was dawning in Mousie's face . The bundles we brought home supplemented our stores of needful 494 [ MAY , DRIVEN BACK TO EDEN .
Page 496
... face of the ground . " All the children helped to plant the peas , which we placed carefully and evenly , an inch apart , in the row , and covered with two inches of soil , the rows being two feet distant one from another . I had ...
... face of the ground . " All the children helped to plant the peas , which we placed carefully and evenly , an inch apart , in the row , and covered with two inches of soil , the rows being two feet distant one from another . I had ...
Page 497
... face and hands in bloom , Thinking of anything but household duty In her thatched cabin's gloom ; Watching the ships as leisurely as may be , Her blue eyes dream for hours . Hush ! There's her mother - coming with the baby In the fair ...
... face and hands in bloom , Thinking of anything but household duty In her thatched cabin's gloom ; Watching the ships as leisurely as may be , Her blue eyes dream for hours . Hush ! There's her mother - coming with the baby In the fair ...
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Page 945 - ... have for that purpose appointed their respective plenipotentiaries, that is to say...
Page 496 - ... for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground; but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground...
Page 777 - No member shall speak more than once to the same question without leave of the House, unless he be the mover, proposer, or introducer of the matter pending, in which case he shall be permitted to speak in reply, but not until every member choosing to speak shall have spoken.
Page 777 - Speaker shall, or any member may, call to order; in which case the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain; and the House shall, if appealed to decide on the case, but without debate.
Page 761 - Pay attention to him; he will make a noise in the world some day or other.
Page 778 - Nevertheless, if a member finds that it is not the inclination of the house to hear him, and that by conversation or any other noise they endeavor to drown his voice, it is his most prudent way to submit to the pleasure of the house, and sit down : for it scarcely ever happens that they...
Page 562 - said Old Pipes. " I don't believe there's anything the matter with the cattle. It must be with me and my pipes that there is something the matter. But one thing is certain: if I do not earn the wages the Chief Villager pays me, I shall not take them. I shall go straight down to the village and give back the money I received to-day.
Page 856 - No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States, and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign state.
Page 777 - When any member desires to speak or deliver any matter to the House, he shall rise and respectfully address himself to
Page 520 - Some say, compar'd to Bononcini, That Mynheer Handel's but a ninny ; Others aver that he to Handel Is scarcely fit to hold a candle.' Strange all this difference should be Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee.