St. Nicholas, Volume 12Mary Mapes Dodge Scribner & Company, 1885 |
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... father was desir- ous that he should find out as much as possible for himself during his boyhood . He was to be a business man , and would probably have a great many ups and downs in the course of his life ; and Mr. Humphreys had an ...
... father was desir- ous that he should find out as much as possible for himself during his boyhood . He was to be a business man , and would probably have a great many ups and downs in the course of his life ; and Mr. Humphreys had an ...
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... father , Mr. Humphreys considered them very carefully . He had not much faith in Fred's grand scheme of the two ... father's consent and the promise of a moderate amount of money for his expenses , - for Mr. Humphreys was a rich man ...
... father , Mr. Humphreys considered them very carefully . He had not much faith in Fred's grand scheme of the two ... father's consent and the promise of a moderate amount of money for his expenses , - for Mr. Humphreys was a rich man ...
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... father would let him have the car- riage - horses , but to this Mr. Humphreys objected ; he did not wish them used for that sort of work . He had , however , a steady brown mare , named Jenny , who was often employed in farm - work ...
... father would let him have the car- riage - horses , but to this Mr. Humphreys objected ; he did not wish them used for that sort of work . He had , however , a steady brown mare , named Jenny , who was often employed in farm - work ...
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... father would never more allow him to have any- thing to do with such an unmanageable machine as a horse - tricycle . But the thought that over- shadowed everything else was the fate of those poor horses ! They were tied to the " horse ...
... father would never more allow him to have any- thing to do with such an unmanageable machine as a horse - tricycle . But the thought that over- shadowed everything else was the fate of those poor horses ! They were tied to the " horse ...
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... father is rather touchy on that subject just now . He has had to pay for that double " horse - power , " and everything else is a dead loss ; and besides that , old Glaucus scraped his leg in the scrimmage and he ' ll not be fit to be ...
... father is rather touchy on that subject just now . He has had to pay for that double " horse - power , " and everything else is a dead loss ; and besides that , old Glaucus scraped his leg in the scrimmage and he ' ll not be fit to be ...
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ACROSTIC Alice asked Badger ball beautiful began Bert Bessie birds Bobsey Braunfels Buononcini called Chapter Chimborazo Clotilda cried DEAR ST dinner door Dryad early Echo-dwarf Eskimo exclaimed eyes face father feet followed Fred FREDERICK SCHWATKA friends Frierson give ground hand Haydn head hear heard Helen Hessie horse igloo inches JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT Jock King of Burgundy knew Lampasas laugh Lenox Academy letter little girl live look Mamma Merton Moodna Creek morning mother Mozart never NICHOLAS night Old Pipes PALMER COX Papa plants play Quelipeg reindeer replied Roderick Ruthven seemed seen Senate side snow soon spring stood story tell thing thought told took trapeze tree turned Uncle Cyrus village Waldo Winnie wish young
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Página 945 - ... have for that purpose appointed their respective plenipotentiaries, that is to say...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 761 - Pay attention to him; he will make a noise in the world some day or other.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 777 - When any member desires to speak or deliver any matter to the House, he shall rise and respectfully address himself to
Página 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.