St. Nicholas, Volume 50Mary Mapes Dodge Scribner & Company, 1923 - Children's literature |
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... supper . " Dear me ! what would Grandfather say if he could hear that ? " exclaimed Mr. Valenty , throwing his hands over his ears at an un- usually loud blast . " Gently , gently , Nicolai ! " called his 688 TWO PIONEERS.
... supper . " Dear me ! what would Grandfather say if he could hear that ? " exclaimed Mr. Valenty , throwing his hands over his ears at an un- usually loud blast . " Gently , gently , Nicolai ! " called his 688 TWO PIONEERS.
Page 689
Mary Mapes Dodge. " Gently , gently , Nicolai ! " called his mother . " When that horn was played at the court it was so lovely that people held their breath to listen . I do not know how to play , but I remember how Grandfather held it ...
Mary Mapes Dodge. " Gently , gently , Nicolai ! " called his mother . " When that horn was played at the court it was so lovely that people held their breath to listen . I do not know how to play , but I remember how Grandfather held it ...
Page 705
... called the mem- bers of the student council together in her office . Miriam was among them . She ac- quainted them with the situation and with Frances's new position in the school , and she asked them to influence the other girls to ...
... called the mem- bers of the student council together in her office . Miriam was among them . She ac- quainted them with the situation and with Frances's new position in the school , and she asked them to influence the other girls to ...
Page 707
... called . " Oh , Miriam , I'm so glad , dear ! You don't have to tell me . " There was a sudden silence , and the girls moved toward her . She clutched her tray firmly and gazed , fascinated , at an object which Harriet was carrying ...
... called . " Oh , Miriam , I'm so glad , dear ! You don't have to tell me . " There was a sudden silence , and the girls moved toward her . She clutched her tray firmly and gazed , fascinated , at an object which Harriet was carrying ...
Page 708
... called " milky water , " and you cannot see through it ; and again , when millions of tiny drops of water float around in the air , making a cloud , you can't see through that either . Various names are given to different forms of the ...
... called " milky water , " and you cannot see through it ; and again , when millions of tiny drops of water float around in the air , making a cloud , you can't see through that either . Various names are given to different forms of the ...
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Page 913 - Woods ! that listen to the night-birds singing, . Midway the smooth and perilous slope reclined, Save when your own imperious branches swinging, Have made a solemn music of the wind ! Where, like a man beloved of God, Through glooms, which never woodman trod...
Page 774 - May May shall make the world anew ; Golden sun and silver dew, Money minted in the sky, Shall the earth's new garments buy. May shall make the orchards bloom; And the blossoms' fine perfume Shall set all the honey-bees Murmuring among the trees. May shall make the bud appear Like a jewel, crystal clear, 'Mid the leaves upon the limb Where the robin lilts his hymn. May shall make the wild flowers tell Where the shining snowflakes fell ; Just as though each snowflake's heart, By some secret, magic...
Page 927 - Madison), who went to school wearing "a white linen mask to keep every ray o'f sunshine from the complexion, a sunbonnet sewed on her head every morning by her careful mother, and long gloves covering the hands and arms.
Page 943 - There was a rustling that seemed like a bustling Of merry crowds justling at pitching and hustling, Small feet were pattering, wooden shoes clattering, Little hands clapping and little tongues chattering, And, like fowls in a farm-yard when barley is scattering, Out came the children running. All the little boys and girls, With rosy cheeks and flaxen curls, And sparkling eyes and teeth like pearls, Tripping and skipping, ran merrily after The wonderful music with shouting and laughter.
Page 928 - Dear friend, thou must come to me. Aaron Burr says that the ' great little Madison ' has asked to be brought to see me this evening.
Page 1239 - This letter was addressed to him by the title of " Don Christopher Columbus, our admiral of the ocean sea, and viceroy and governor of the islands discovered in the Indies;" at the same time he was promised still further rewards.
Page 928 - I would not give up my own retirement for the empire of the universe, how I can justify wishing one whose happiness I have so much at heart as yours, to take the front of the battle which is fighting for my security. This would be easy enough to be done, but not at the heel of a lengthy epistle.
Page 927 - ... mentally, and he never held up his head again, taking to his room, which he left only to be carried to his last resting-place. All this while the pretty Dolly was growing in grace and stature, winning hearts from old and young by the peculiar charm of manner for which she afterwards became noted. A tall, slight girl of nineteen, with a delicately oval face, and wellformed, if not perfect, features ; a complexion dazzlingly fair, contrasted with very black hair ; and blue eyes that gazed at you...
Page 927 - While we stood, Mrs. Madison entered — a tall, portly, elegant lady, with a turban on her head and a book in her hand. She advanced straight to me, and, extending her left hand, said : ' Are you William Campbell Preston, the son of my old friend and most beloved kinswoman, Sally Campbell?
Page 1230 - Alone, yet not alone am I, Though in this solitude so drear; I feel my Saviour always nigh, He comes the weary hour to cheer, I am with him, and he with me, — E'en here, alone I cannot be !' " The Colonel desired her to sing the hymn as she used to do.