St. Nicholas, Volume 53Mary Mapes Dodge Scribner & Company, 1926 - Children's literature |
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Page 12
... Seen any mountain - goats in this region lately ? " asked Ben . " There's mighty few mountain - goats been seen around here in the last few summers- too many tourists . The goats stay farther back out of sight . There's a band over in ...
... Seen any mountain - goats in this region lately ? " asked Ben . " There's mighty few mountain - goats been seen around here in the last few summers- too many tourists . The goats stay farther back out of sight . There's a band over in ...
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... seen to drop his spoon , in the very act of absorbing a mouthful of his favorite chocolate - meringue pudding , and clap his hand to his head with a gesture of despair . " Gee ! " he burst forth , in answer to anx- ious inquiry , " I ...
... seen to drop his spoon , in the very act of absorbing a mouthful of his favorite chocolate - meringue pudding , and clap his hand to his head with a gesture of despair . " Gee ! " he burst forth , in answer to anx- ious inquiry , " I ...
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... seen and done , in comparison with her cousin . Barbara had always gone to boarding - school ; Lucinda to a small- town high school . Barbara talked a glib jargon of hockey and tennis tournaments and proctors and mid - terms and coming ...
... seen and done , in comparison with her cousin . Barbara had always gone to boarding - school ; Lucinda to a small- town high school . Barbara talked a glib jargon of hockey and tennis tournaments and proctors and mid - terms and coming ...
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... seen , with a close - clipped white mustache , and white hair . He bowed to the girls in a most courtly fashion and was taken off to his room at once by Jimps , who gave a wicked roll of his eye in their direction as he disappeared . It ...
... seen , with a close - clipped white mustache , and white hair . He bowed to the girls in a most courtly fashion and was taken off to his room at once by Jimps , who gave a wicked roll of his eye in their direction as he disappeared . It ...
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... seen a tame coyote ; and I know nothing more wretchedly abject with fear than a coy- ote . The miserable creature will shake in an ague of fear at your approach to its cage , though a thousand have passed before you and lifted no hand ...
... seen a tame coyote ; and I know nothing more wretchedly abject with fear than a coy- ote . The miserable creature will shake in an ague of fear at your approach to its cage , though a thousand have passed before you and lifted no hand ...
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