St. Nicholas, Volume 49Mary Mapes Dodge Scribner, 1922 - Children's literature |
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Page 27
... reached for another peppermint . " I'm not so sure of that , " he said slowly . " That Satanic old thing they call geometry- you ' ve heard of it , have n't you ? -used to say that the whole is greater than any of its parts . Maybe it ...
... reached for another peppermint . " I'm not so sure of that , " he said slowly . " That Satanic old thing they call geometry- you ' ve heard of it , have n't you ? -used to say that the whole is greater than any of its parts . Maybe it ...
Page 29
... reached for it - clasped it in his arms- started forward toward the Ell- ington goal - line ! To himself , he did not seem to be moving , but the white lines flashed by his blurred vision . There were men just behind him . He could hear ...
... reached for it - clasped it in his arms- started forward toward the Ell- ington goal - line ! To himself , he did not seem to be moving , but the white lines flashed by his blurred vision . There were men just behind him . He could hear ...
Page 62
... reached the places of the ambush , they found the Arabs in no way disposed to part with any of their possessions . Thereupon they attempted to seize the two sheiks . One of the sheiks agreed to accom- pany the soldiers back to Muscat ...
... reached the places of the ambush , they found the Arabs in no way disposed to part with any of their possessions . Thereupon they attempted to seize the two sheiks . One of the sheiks agreed to accom- pany the soldiers back to Muscat ...
Page 63
... reached Bagdad - the City of the Caliphs . This was the Oriental wonderland of which both explorers , as boys , had read in the " Ara- bian Nights . " Here , a thousand years ago , Harun - al - Rashid had roamed the city in dis- guise ...
... reached Bagdad - the City of the Caliphs . This was the Oriental wonderland of which both explorers , as boys , had read in the " Ara- bian Nights . " Here , a thousand years ago , Harun - al - Rashid had roamed the city in dis- guise ...
Page 66
... reaching London . There Paul dispatched the palms on a steamer bound for Galveston , Texas , whence they were taken on a special freight- train to California . When the offshoots left England , Paul Popenoe returned to Africa and met ...
... reaching London . There Paul dispatched the palms on a steamer bound for Galveston , Texas , whence they were taken on a special freight- train to California . When the offshoots left England , Paul Popenoe returned to Africa and met ...
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