St. Nicholas, Volume 12Mary Mapes Dodge Scribner & Company, 1885 - Children's literature |
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Page 483
... sure to go right ; that is , as long as there's any chance for ' em . Everybody who ever did anything great in this world was an optimist ; for , of course , he would n't keep hammering at , or fighting out anything if he did n't think ...
... sure to go right ; that is , as long as there's any chance for ' em . Everybody who ever did anything great in this world was an optimist ; for , of course , he would n't keep hammering at , or fighting out anything if he did n't think ...
Page 484
... sure he could go along at a pretty fair rate , and ordered Johnny Hammond to make the horses trot . Johnny therefore touched up Jenny and Glaucus , and , after some unwilling- ness , they broke into a trot , and the tricycle began to ...
... sure he could go along at a pretty fair rate , and ordered Johnny Hammond to make the horses trot . Johnny therefore touched up Jenny and Glaucus , and , after some unwilling- ness , they broke into a trot , and the tricycle began to ...
Page 486
... sure I'd never have jumped aboard your crazy old machine . " " FRED , " said Putty Morris to his friend a few days after these events , " are you going to make any more of your big machines ? " " Well , no , " said Fred , " not at ...
... sure I'd never have jumped aboard your crazy old machine . " " FRED , " said Putty Morris to his friend a few days after these events , " are you going to make any more of your big machines ? " " Well , no , " said Fred , " not at ...
Page 491
... sure I should need ; and finding a ladder under a shed , I attacked the trees vigorously . I knew I must make the most of all the still days in this gusty month . By the middle of the afternoon Mr. Jones ap- peared , and I was glad to ...
... sure I should need ; and finding a ladder under a shed , I attacked the trees vigorously . I knew I must make the most of all the still days in this gusty month . By the middle of the afternoon Mr. Jones ap- peared , and I was glad to ...
Page 492
... sure to cut these long canes back to within six inches of the ground . " " Yes , " I said , " that ' s all just as I have read in the books . " I " So much the better for the books , then . have n't lived in this fruit - growin ' region ...
... sure to cut these long canes back to within six inches of the ground . " " Yes , " I said , " that ' s all just as I have read in the books . " I " So much the better for the books , then . have n't lived in this fruit - growin ' region ...
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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.
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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.
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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.