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... mamma gave me half of hers , too ! " The father smiled . little one , " said he . " Just as I thought , Then , Frank , the oldest son , said , " I sold my peach , papa , for quite a sum of money , which I have put away all safe in my ...
... mamma gave me half of hers , too ! " The father smiled . little one , " said he . " Just as I thought , Then , Frank , the oldest son , said , " I sold my peach , papa , for quite a sum of money , which I have put away all safe in my ...
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... mamma . " So he gathered them up in his little kilt , and set out upon a way that led from the farm - house . He felt quite happy as he left the old farm farther and farther behind him . He had stayed there for two long years ; but ...
... mamma . " So he gathered them up in his little kilt , and set out upon a way that led from the farm - house . He felt quite happy as he left the old farm farther and farther behind him . He had stayed there for two long years ; but ...
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... doggies " up tighter in his hand . " Will mamma smile , and be glad to see me ? Will her eyes grow bright , or sad ? " he said to himself . With a soft step he went into the room . Mother sat sewing by the light of a candle . THIRD READER .
... doggies " up tighter in his hand . " Will mamma smile , and be glad to see me ? Will her eyes grow bright , or sad ? " he said to himself . With a soft step he went into the room . Mother sat sewing by the light of a candle . THIRD READER .
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... little Etta upon his knee ; baby , fast asleep in the cradle ; Frank , studying his lessons ; Nellie sits up closer to mamma , and both draw nearer the warm stove , as the wind rattles the doors and windows 60 THIRD READER . ANXIOUS LIVES.
... little Etta upon his knee ; baby , fast asleep in the cradle ; Frank , studying his lessons ; Nellie sits up closer to mamma , and both draw nearer the warm stove , as the wind rattles the doors and windows 60 THIRD READER . ANXIOUS LIVES.
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... mamma , with her tresses Ruffled , tangled o'er her brow . Gentle zephyrs , kissing lightly Lips as red as ruby light , Lull to slumber eyes that brightly Glow with childhood's visions bright . Dreamless sleep , now holds her tightly ...
... mamma , with her tresses Ruffled , tangled o'er her brow . Gentle zephyrs , kissing lightly Lips as red as ruby light , Lull to slumber eyes that brightly Glow with childhood's visions bright . Dreamless sleep , now holds her tightly ...
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Page 106 - all day like a foot-ball, and it will be round and full at evening. Oliver W. Holmes. CHILDHOOD. The tear down childhood's cheek that flows Is like the dew-drop on the rose; When next the summer breeze comes by
Page 207 - watched and waited; Wolves in the forest, and bears in the bush, And I on my path belated. The rain and the night together Came down, and the wind came after, Bending the props of the pine-tree roof, And snapping many a rafter. I crept along in the darkness..,
Page 155 - MY TRUST. A picture memory brings to me : I look across the years and see Myself beside my mother's knee. I feel her gentle hand restrain My selfish moods, and know again A child's blind sense of wrong and pain. But wiser now, a man gray grown, My childhood's needs are better
Page 207 - the roof, in the pitch-black night, And the wind in the woods is roaring! Hush, my darling, and listen, Then pay for the story with kisses ; Father was lost in the pitch-black night, In just such a storm as this is ! High up on the lonely mountains, "Where the
Page 123 - And whichever way it may blow, I meet it face to face, As a brave man meets his foe. And feeds me with his hands; For he knows who makes him thrive, Who makes him lord of lands. On Sundays, I take my rest; Church-going
Page 107 - I find the great thing in this life is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. Oliver
Page 107 - content. My crown is in my heart, not on my head, Not decked with diamonds, and Indian stones, Not to be seen; my crown is called content; A crown it is that seldom