St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks, Volume 36Scribner & Company, 1909 - Children's literature |
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Page 583
... night , Alone upon the " Isle of Wight , " Or on the " Zuyder Zee . " At " Nova Zembla , " in a gale , I know that I should just turn pale ; For fear of earthquakes , I should quail In " sunny Italy . " A place that sounds nice on the ...
... night , Alone upon the " Isle of Wight , " Or on the " Zuyder Zee . " At " Nova Zembla , " in a gale , I know that I should just turn pale ; For fear of earthquakes , I should quail In " sunny Italy . " A place that sounds nice on the ...
Page 586
... night the flame shoots up from the stacks of the steel and iron furnaces . There are days when THE LITTLE FOLK LIKE THE " SAND - PILES . " to be so more and more for grown - ups . In many places entertainments and fairs of one kind or ...
... night the flame shoots up from the stacks of the steel and iron furnaces . There are days when THE LITTLE FOLK LIKE THE " SAND - PILES . " to be so more and more for grown - ups . In many places entertainments and fairs of one kind or ...
Page 593
... night's . The only difference is that they ' ve called the soups by different names and substituted flounder -which they call sole - for bluefish . ” Later , at the hotel dance , Chub was able to do his full duty on the ball - room ...
... night's . The only difference is that they ' ve called the soups by different names and substituted flounder -which they call sole - for bluefish . ” Later , at the hotel dance , Chub was able to do his full duty on the ball - room ...
Page 597
... day long , And camp , at night , in tents . I'd track the tiger to his lair Through all the jungle lands ; And make the prowling lion roar Across the desert sands . If I should meet a grizzly bear , You'd see. WHEN I GROW UP.
... day long , And camp , at night , in tents . I'd track the tiger to his lair Through all the jungle lands ; And make the prowling lion roar Across the desert sands . If I should meet a grizzly bear , You'd see. WHEN I GROW UP.
Page 608
... night . He lost his place , " answered Limpy . " An ' he - he took my— money , -my ten dollars ! " " He stole it ? " Jean asked , breathlessly . " No , he made me give it to him . He said - oh , dear ! he ' d kill me for tellin ' ! Shut ...
... night . He lost his place , " answered Limpy . " An ' he - he took my— money , -my ten dollars ! " " He stole it ? " Jean asked , breathlessly . " No , he made me give it to him . He said - oh , dear ! he ' d kill me for tellin ' ! Shut ...
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Page 1096 - And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, . and brake, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.
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Page 825 - While my father carried on the manufacture of leather and worked at the trade himself, he owned and tilled considerable land. I detested the trade, preferring almost any other labor ; but I was fond of agriculture, and of all employment in which horses were used. We had, among other lands, fifty acres of forest within a mile of the village. In the fall of the year choppers were employed to cut enough wood to last a twelvemonth. When I was seven or eight years of age, I began hauling all the wood...
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Page 1096 - But they constrained him saying, Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.
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