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" I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one. I then came home and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me... "
Stories of Childhood & Nature - Page 195
by Elizabeth Virginia Brown - 1905
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The Hand-book of Standard Or American Phonography

Andrew Jackson Graham - Shorthand - 1858 - 400 pages
...directly towards a .shop (Ish* Pee) where .toys (Tees) were sold for children; and being (Bee-Ing) charmed with the sound of a whistle that I met by the icay, in the hands of another .boy, I voluntarily offered him- all my .money (Em-En) for it. I then...
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A Compendium of American Literature: Chronologically Arranged, with ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my little pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop, where they sold toys for children ; and, being charmed with the sound of a whittle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money...
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The Young Scholar's Guide: A Book for the Training of Youth

Robert Demaus - Education - 1860 - 296 pages
...on a holiday, filled my pockets with halfpence. I went directly towards a shop, where toys were sold for children, and being charmed with the sound of...that I met by the way, in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for it. I then came home, and went whistling over the house, much...
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Proverbs of All Nations

Walter Keating Kelly - Proverbs - 1861 - 258 pages
...child of seven years old my friends on a holiday filled my pockets with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children, and being...whistle that I met by the way in the hands of another hoy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for it. I then came home, and went whistling all over the...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1862 - 796 pages
...seven years old, my fricnds, on a holiday, filled my little pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop, where they sold toys for children ; and, being...that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for one. I then came home, and went whistling all over the house,...
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A compendium of American literature, arranged by C.D. Cleveland. Stereotyped ed

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my little pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop, where they sold toys for children ; and, being charmed with the sound of a whiMe, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money fbr...
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The first (-sixth) 'Standard' reader, Volume 6

James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 328 pages
...child, at seven years old, my friends on a holiday filled my pockets with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children; and being...that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for one. I then came home, and went whistling all over the house,...
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The Autobiography and Essays of Dr. Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin - 1864 - 260 pages
...child, at seven years oki, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pockets with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children; and, being...that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for one. I then came home, and went whistling all over the house,...
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Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1

James Parton - Biography & Autobiography - 1864 - 668 pages
...years after the event, " my friends, on a holiday, filled my pockets with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children ; and being charmed with the sound of a whittie, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, 1 voluntarily offered and gave all my money...
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The first (-fifth and sixth) 'standard' reading and home lesson book, by two ...

Thomas Simpson Birkby - 1864 - 106 pages
...holiday time, filled my pockets with half-pence. I went at once to find a toy shop, but, being charmed by the sound of a whistle that I met by the way, in the hands of a boy, I willingly gave him all my half-pence for it. I then came home, and went whistling all over...
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