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... Wife Pondosa ― The Fringed Gentian - The Garden . 153 NOVEMBER The Weather - Garden - The Witch Hazel - The Last Leaf - Thanksgiving - Husking — The The Gunpowder Plot - City Amusements for Winter - Winter Even- ings in the Country ...
... Wife Pondosa ― The Fringed Gentian - The Garden . 153 NOVEMBER The Weather - Garden - The Witch Hazel - The Last Leaf - Thanksgiving - Husking — The The Gunpowder Plot - City Amusements for Winter - Winter Even- ings in the Country ...
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... wife , Mary Ball . At the time of George Washington's birth , his father resided near the banks of the Potomac , in Westmore- land county ; but he removed , not long after- wards , to an estate owned by him in Stafford county , on the ...
... wife , Mary Ball . At the time of George Washington's birth , his father resided near the banks of the Potomac , in Westmore- land county ; but he removed , not long after- wards , to an estate owned by him in Stafford county , on the ...
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... wife , he directed that the proceeds of all the property of her children should be at her disposal , till they should each come of age . The charge of five young children , the eldest of whom was eleven years old , the care of their ...
... wife , he directed that the proceeds of all the property of her children should be at her disposal , till they should each come of age . The charge of five young children , the eldest of whom was eleven years old , the care of their ...
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... wife without her tea , sir ? But neither cup nor mug will pass Without this honey bee , sir . ' Then flow away , my sweety sap , And I will make you boily , Nor catch a woodman's hasty nap , you should grow roily . ' For fear " The ...
... wife without her tea , sir ? But neither cup nor mug will pass Without this honey bee , sir . ' Then flow away , my sweety sap , And I will make you boily , Nor catch a woodman's hasty nap , you should grow roily . ' For fear " The ...
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... Tried a fourth , and popped my head out at the wrong moment . The boy , in a passion , threw a turnip , which broke a square of glass , worth a dollar , and woke my wife . Declared I knew nothing about it , and 60 APRIL .
... Tried a fourth , and popped my head out at the wrong moment . The boy , in a passion , threw a turnip , which broke a square of glass , worth a dollar , and woke my wife . Declared I knew nothing about it , and 60 APRIL .
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Page 187 - Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow Gave a lustre of midday to objects below; When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer, With a little old driver, so lively and quick I knew in a moment it must be St.
Page 36 - One of them fired at Mr. Gist or me, not fifteen steps off, but fortunately missed. We took this fellow into custody, and kept him until about nine o'clock at night, then let him go, and walked all the remaining part of the night without making any stop, that we might get the start so far as to be out of the reach of their pursuit the next day, since we were well assured they would follow our track as soon as it was light.
Page 171 - I saw him once before, As he passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound, As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets Sad and wan, And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, "They are gone.
Page 187 - His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow; The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath; He had a broad face and a little round belly, That shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly.
Page 187 - Nick ; More rapid than eagles his coursers they came And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name. "Now, Dasher, now Dancer! now Prancer and Vixen! On Comet! on Cupid! on Donder and Blitzen! To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall ; Now dash away, dash away, dash away all!
Page 163 - O'er wandering brooks and springs unseen, Or columbines, in purple dressed, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. Thou waitest late, and com'st alone, When woods are bare, and birds are flown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near his end. Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through its fringes to the sky, Blue, — blue, — as if that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall.
Page 146 - I LOVE to hear thine earnest voice, Wherever thou art hid, Thou testy little dogmatist, Thou pretty Katydid! Thou mindest me of gentlefolks, — Old gentlefolks are they, — Thou say'st an undisputed thing In such a solemn way.
Page 187 - As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky, So, up to the house-top the coursers they flew, With a sleigh full of toys, — and St.
Page 11 - The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast: Theirs buxom health, of rosy hue, Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer, of vigour born, The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light That fly th
Page 172 - My grandmamma has said — Poor old lady, she is dead Long ago— That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here; But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer! And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring, Let them smile, as I do now, At...