 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 195by Elizabeth Virginia Brown - 1905Full view - About this book
 | Alfred Baskerville - German language - 1865 - 406 pages
...child, at seven years old, my friends, on a holyday, filled my pocket with coppers7). I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children; and being charmed with the sound of a 1) @ie ju biefem SDienjh cmeevMblt. 2) »erantaffen. 3) nttt bev. 4) bte Sijl. 5) auSjugeben. 6) The... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Readers and speakers - 1865 - 300 pages
...directly toward a shop, where toys were sold for children ; and being charmed with the sound of a wJvisfa, that I met by the way, in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily1 offered him all my money for it. 2. I then came home, and went whistling over the house,... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1866 - 714 pages
...child of seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my 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 and gave all my money for one. I then came home, and went whistling all over the... | |
 | Friedrich Otto Froembling - 1866 - 438 pages
...years of age, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pockets with coppers. I went directly to a shop were they sold toys for children; and, being charmed with the sound of a whistle that I saw on the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for it. I then came... | |
 | Walter Keating Kelly - Proverbs - 1869 - 252 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...that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I volun1 Qui nescit canere semper canere laborat. 2 Cl.i non puolo, scmpre vuole. tarily offered him... | |
 | Louis Le Brun, Henri van Laun - 1869 - 290 pages
...seven years of age, my friends, on a holiday,9 filled my pockets with coppers.10 I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children ; and, being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I saw on the way in the hands of 1 See § 86, 8.—' Contrived to steal, Parvlnt ft iU'rober.— 3 And... | |
 | Charles Warren Brewster - Portsmouth (N.H.) - 1869 - 380 pages
...to a fhop where they fold toys for children ; arid being charmed with the found of a whiftle, which I met by the way, in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered, and gave all my money for it." A later day than this, however, is embraced in... | |
 | Walter Keating Kelly - Proverbs - 1861 - 256 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...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 all over the house,... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - American literature - 1872 - 658 pages
...they shall come forth with power, and with gladness of heart, and with much substance." THE WHISTLE, the sound of a whistle 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,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 562 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...that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one. I then came home, and went whistling all over the... | |
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