Little Folks: A Magazine for the YoungCassell, 1882 |
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... appeared , he said , as calmly as he could , " Bridget , this little girl wants her supper . Bring some jam , please . " But if he was calm , Bridget was not . First she stared at him in mute amazement , and then she spoke . From the ...
... appeared , he said , as calmly as he could , " Bridget , this little girl wants her supper . Bring some jam , please . " But if he was calm , Bridget was not . First she stared at him in mute amazement , and then she spoke . From the ...
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... appeared out of the room , and hastened to prepare the little one's meal . The child now left the chair , Mr. Burke watching her movements rather anxiously . She began trotting up and down the room at a queer little pace , but not up ...
... appeared out of the room , and hastened to prepare the little one's meal . The child now left the chair , Mr. Burke watching her movements rather anxiously . She began trotting up and down the room at a queer little pace , but not up ...
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... appeared to him , but obey orders . So very cautiously he filled the spoon with the nice soft , white , refreshing food , and lifted it to the pretty little lips that gaped open for it like a bird . Miss Rose ate a hearty meal , and ...
... appeared to him , but obey orders . So very cautiously he filled the spoon with the nice soft , white , refreshing food , and lifted it to the pretty little lips that gaped open for it like a bird . Miss Rose ate a hearty meal , and ...
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... appeared to mean ? Yes , this was the explana- tion of it all , and the little girl sleeping upstairs , whom he had fed and fondled and kissed , whom he had held on his knee and clasped in his arms when he had thought her only a ...
... appeared to mean ? Yes , this was the explana- tion of it all , and the little girl sleeping upstairs , whom he had fed and fondled and kissed , whom he had held on his knee and clasped in his arms when he had thought her only a ...
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... appeared again , hav- ing had se- veral hair- breadth es- capes , one being from tearms ofa black child , wl . , having a heavier " Are there any more of you about here ? " in- quired the big crab suspiciously . 66 Oh , dear , yes ...
... appeared again , hav- ing had se- veral hair- breadth es- capes , one being from tearms ofa black child , wl . , having a heavier " Are there any more of you about here ? " in- quired the big crab suspiciously . 66 Oh , dear , yes ...
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Page 258 - High instincts before which our mortal Nature Did tremble like a guilty Thing surprised: But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing...
Page 119 - Go, from the creatures thy instructions take: Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plow, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Page 51 - He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. " He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small ; For the dear God who loveth us He made and loveth all.
Page 281 - Come, my Corinna, come ! and, coming, mark How each field turns a street, each street a park Made green, and trimmed with trees ; see how Devotion gives each house a bough, Or branch; each porch, each door, ere this An ark, a tabernacle is, Made up of white thorn neatly interwove ; As if here were those cooler shades of love.
Page 318 - No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet — But hark! — that heavy sound breaks in once more, As if the clouds its echo would repeat; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before! Arm! Arm! it is — it is — the cannon's opening roar! Within a windowed niche of that high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain...
Page 297 - And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon , but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.
Page 43 - But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets; until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people till there was no remedy.
Page 317 - The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath, Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior...
Page 243 - Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
Page 119 - Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. Here too all forms of social union find, And hence let Reason, late, instruct mankind: Here subterranean works and cities see ; There towns aerial on the waving tree. Learn each small people's genius, policies, The ants...