Boys' and Girls' Bookshelf: Little journeys into booklandUniversity Society, 1912 |
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... seemed to have the Christmas spirit in his heart . As a boy , he did what any healthy country boy would have done . When not at school in the lit- tle country schoolhouse , or " helping with the chores , " he was learning things out of ...
... seemed to have the Christmas spirit in his heart . As a boy , he did what any healthy country boy would have done . When not at school in the lit- tle country schoolhouse , or " helping with the chores , " he was learning things out of ...
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... seemed to wish it would turn toward him . But to come toward him would be to spring upon him . Then he would be lost . All stared in terrified silence . No one breathed freely , except , perchance , the old man , who stood , a stern ...
... seemed to wish it would turn toward him . But to come toward him would be to spring upon him . Then he would be lost . All stared in terrified silence . No one breathed freely , except , perchance , the old man , who stood , a stern ...
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... seemed as though the graceful vessel had awakened from sleep , and was longing to spring into the free , blue sea , and spread her wings to the breeze . I could not , " says the narrator , re- ferring to the completion of the building ...
... seemed as though the graceful vessel had awakened from sleep , and was longing to spring into the free , blue sea , and spread her wings to the breeze . I could not , " says the narrator , re- ferring to the completion of the building ...
Contents
OUR GREAT AMERICAN WRITERS PART I | 1 |
POEMS FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES PART I | 14 |
FIVE GREAT ENGLISH WRITERS INTRODUCED TO LITTLE FOLK | 27 |
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